Hotjar vs Klarna

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

Klarna (rank #257) holds a narrow lead over Hotjar (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (47 vs 44). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Klarna shows 2,965 stars across 139 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Klarna's footprint is roughly 57.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Klarna 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.