Matomo Analytics vs Pirsch Analytics

Matomo Analytics (Matomo is hiring 🚀 Matomo.org/jobs MISSION: « To create, as a community, the leading open analytics platform that gives every user full control of their data ») and Pirsch Analytics (Pirsch is a simple, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics - lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrated into any website. By @emvi.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Matomo Analytics (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Pirsch Analytics (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Matomo Analytics carries 30,600 GitHub stars across 90 public repos, with 46 repositories active in the last 90 days and 34 external contributors on record. Pirsch Analytics shows 1,203 stars across 24 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Matomo Analytics's footprint is roughly 25.4x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Matomo Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Pirsch 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.