Plausible Analytics vs reddit

Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) and reddit both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 40). 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), reddit is slightly ahead of Plausible Analytics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is ahead of reddit. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is ahead of reddit. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), reddit is slightly ahead of Plausible Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of reddit.

Plausible Analytics carries 31,145 GitHub stars across 21 public repos, with 7 repositories active in the last 90 days and 23 external contributors on record. reddit shows 4,004 stars across 174 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 7.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Plausible Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. reddit looks better where code quality 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.