LinkedIn vs Plausible Analytics

LinkedIn and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

LinkedIn and Plausible Analytics sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (43), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

LinkedIn carries 77,785 GitHub stars across 137 public repos, with 28 repositories active in the last 90 days and 52 external contributors on record. Plausible Analytics shows 31,145 stars across 21 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Plausible Analytics looks better where education 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.