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Hotjar vs Skyscanner

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Skyscanner (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Hotjar (rank #317) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 44). The gap of 5 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Hotjar carries 52 GitHub stars across 2 public repos, with 1 repositories active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors on record. Skyscanner shows 8,167 stars across 86 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Skyscanner's footprint is roughly 157.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Hotjar is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Skyscanner 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricHotjarSkyscanner
Ranking
Overall rank#317#209
Pillars
Overall4449
Code5667
Education8872
Community2240
Reach6232
Momentum2441
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars528,167
Forks101,526
Public repos286
Active repos (90d)118
External contributors239
Avg polish4574
Avg AI-readiness6047

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