Mattermost vs Plausible Analytics

Mattermost (Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for connecting your teams, tools and processes to accelerate mission-critical work.) and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mattermost (rank #38) holds a modest lead over Plausible Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (62 vs 43). The gap of 19 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Mattermost carries 49,882 GitHub stars across 262 public repos, with 58 repositories active in the last 90 days and 105 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.

Mattermost is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Plausible Analytics looks better where community 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.