Pirsch Analytics vs Spreedly

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.) and Spreedly (Simple and secure PCI compliance and payment forwarding.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Pirsch Analytics (rank #625) holds a narrow lead over Spreedly (rank #727) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (33 vs 30). The gap of 3 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

Pirsch Analytics carries 1,203 GitHub stars across 24 public repos, with 5 repositories active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors on record. Spreedly shows 418 stars across 68 public repos, 11 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Pirsch Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting education. Spreedly 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.