Pirsch Analytics vs Wistia

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 Wistia (One place for all your team’s video-ing) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Wistia (rank #278) holds a modest lead over Pirsch Analytics (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (46 vs 33). The gap of 13 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Pirsch Analytics is slightly ahead of Wistia. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Wistia is slightly ahead of Pirsch Analytics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Pirsch Analytics is ahead of Wistia. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Wistia is ahead of Pirsch Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Wistia is clearly 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. Wistia shows 680 stars across 173 public repos, 23 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors.

Pirsch Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Wistia 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.