Moodle Development vs Pirsch Analytics

Moodle Development and Pirsch Analytics (Pirsch is a simple, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics - lightweight, cookie-free and easily integrated into any website. By @emvi.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Moodle Development and Pirsch Analytics sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (33), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

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

Moodle Development carries 7,373 GitHub stars across 15 public repos, with 2 repositories active in the last 90 days and 26 external contributors on record. Pirsch Analytics shows 1,203 stars across 24 public repos, 5 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Moodle Development's footprint is roughly 6.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Moodle Development is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Pirsch Analytics looks better where education 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.