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Plausible Analytics vs Squarespace

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 Squarespace both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Squarespace (rank #536) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 36). The gap of 7 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 Squarespace. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of Squarespace. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Squarespace. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Squarespace. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Squarespace 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. Squarespace shows 2,038 stars across 98 public repos, 6 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 15.3x 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. Squarespace 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 AnalyticsSquarespace
Ranking
Overall rank#338#536
Pillars
Overall4336
Code5635
Education6964
Community5921
Reach4929
Momentum3840
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars31,1452,038
Forks2,557568
Public repos2198
Active repos (90d)76
External contributors231
Avg polish5237
Avg AI-readiness3522

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