Matomo Analytics vs PostHog

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

Matomo Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. PostHog looks better where code quality 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.