Mattermost vs PostHog

Mattermost (Mattermost is a secure collaboration platform for connecting your teams, tools and processes to accelerate mission-critical work.) and PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #32) holds a narrow lead over Mattermost (rank #41) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 62). The gap of 1 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. PostHog shows 40,819 stars across 357 public repos, 87 active in the last 90 days and 210 external contributors.

Mattermost is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. PostHog looks better where momentum 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.