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LinkedIn vs PostHog

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

LinkedIn and PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a modest lead over LinkedIn (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 43). The gap of 20 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), PostHog is ahead of LinkedIn. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), PostHog is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), PostHog is slightly ahead of LinkedIn. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), LinkedIn is clearly ahead of PostHog. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), PostHog is clearly 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. PostHog shows 40,775 stars across 357 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 212 external contributors.

LinkedIn is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. PostHog looks better where momentum 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

MetricLinkedInPostHog
Ranking
Overall rank#338#30
Pillars
Overall4363
Code6376
Education5458
Community4952
Reach6131
Momentum3782
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars77,78540,775
Forks12,2315,070
Public repos137357
Active repos (90d)2887
External contributors52212
Avg polish6477
Avg AI-readiness4359

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