Plausible Analytics vs Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools

Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) and Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (Making DevRel efforts compare and measurable) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 41). The gap of 2 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools shows 1 stars across 4 public repos, 4 active in the last 90 days and 1 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 31145.0x 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. Smoower - Mindshare index and developer tools 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.