Heap vs Pirsch Analytics

Heap (Product Insights) and Pirsch Analytics (Pirsch is a simple, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics - lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrated into any website. By @emvi.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Heap (rank #567) holds a narrow lead over Pirsch Analytics (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (35 vs 33). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Heap carries 215 GitHub stars across 65 public repos, with 6 repositories active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors on record. Pirsch Analytics shows 1,203 stars across 24 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Pirsch Analytics's footprint is roughly 5.6x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Heap is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Pirsch Analytics looks better where community 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.