Matomo Analytics vs SolarWinds

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 SolarWinds both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Matomo Analytics (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over SolarWinds (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 35). The gap of 8 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 SolarWinds. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Matomo Analytics is ahead of SolarWinds. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Matomo Analytics is ahead of SolarWinds. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), SolarWinds is slightly ahead of Matomo Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Matomo Analytics is ahead of SolarWinds.

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. SolarWinds shows 1,101 stars across 104 public repos, 35 active in the last 90 days and 18 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Matomo Analytics's footprint is roughly 27.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Matomo Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. SolarWinds 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.