Mollie vs Plausible Analytics

Mollie (Building a payments and banking stack for makers.) and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Mollie (rank #122) holds a modest lead over Plausible Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (54 vs 43). The gap of 11 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Mollie carries 2,571 GitHub stars across 85 public repos, with 30 repositories active in the last 90 days and 26 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. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 12.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Mollie is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. 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.