Open edX vs Plausible Analytics

Open edX (The community-driven, open-source project powering edX.org and thousands of other online education sites around the world.) and Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Open edX (rank #372) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 42). 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), Open edX is ahead of Plausible Analytics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Open edX. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of Open edX. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Open edX. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Open edX is clearly ahead of Plausible Analytics.

Open edX carries 10,654 GitHub stars across 186 public repos, with 100 repositories active in the last 90 days and 91 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.

Open edX is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. 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.