Hotjar vs MercadoLibre

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

Hotjar (rank #317) holds a modest lead over MercadoLibre (rank #693) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (44 vs 31). The gap of 13 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 MercadoLibre. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Hotjar is ahead of MercadoLibre. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), MercadoLibre is slightly ahead of Hotjar. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Hotjar is ahead of MercadoLibre. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Hotjar is clearly ahead of MercadoLibre.

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. MercadoLibre shows 1,621 stars across 101 public repos, 1 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but MercadoLibre's footprint is roughly 31.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. MercadoLibre 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.