Guesty vs Hotjar

Guesty and Hotjar (Product Experience Insights Tools) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over Guesty (rank #662) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 32). The gap of 12 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Guesty carries 1 GitHub stars across 21 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Hotjar shows 52 stars across 2 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Hotjar's footprint is roughly 52.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Guesty is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Hotjar looks better where reach 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.