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Plausible Analytics vs Sophos

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

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

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Sophos (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 37). The gap of 6 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Sophos. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of Sophos. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Sophos. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Sophos. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Sophos is slightly 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. Sophos shows 1,438 stars across 84 public repos, 7 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 21.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Plausible Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Sophos 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricPlausible AnalyticsSophos
Ranking
Overall rank#338#510
Pillars
Overall4337
Code5633
Education6968
Community5933
Reach4911
Momentum3842
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars31,1451,438
Forks2,557432
Public repos2184
Active repos (90d)77
External contributors232
Avg polish5241
Avg AI-readiness3522

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