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

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

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of Matomo Analytics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Matomo Analytics. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Matomo Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Matomo Analytics is clearly ahead of Plausible 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. Plausible Analytics shows 31,145 stars across 21 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors.

Matomo Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Plausible Analytics looks better where reach 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.