Element vs Matomo Analytics

Element (Founded by the creators of Matrix, we build digitally sovereign, secure and interoperable real-time communication solutions for large organisations.) and Matomo Analytics (Matomo is hiring 🚀 Matomo.org/jobs MISSION: « To create, as a community, the leading open analytics platform that gives every user full control of their data ») both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Element (rank #189) holds a narrow lead over Matomo Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (50 vs 43). The gap of 7 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Element is ahead of Matomo Analytics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Matomo Analytics is ahead of Element. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Element is slightly ahead of Matomo Analytics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Element is clearly ahead of Matomo Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Matomo Analytics is ahead of Element.

Element carries 34,608 GitHub stars across 137 public repos, with 33 repositories active in the last 90 days and 97 external contributors on record. Matomo Analytics shows 30,600 stars across 90 public repos, 46 active in the last 90 days and 34 external contributors.

Element is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Matomo Analytics looks better where momentum is the deciding factor. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.