Plausible Analytics vs Starling Bank

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

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a modest lead over Starling Bank (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 33). The gap of 10 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of Starling Bank. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Starling Bank. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Starling Bank. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Starling Bank is ahead of Plausible Analytics. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Starling Bank 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. Starling Bank shows 195 stars across 3 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 159.7x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

Plausible Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Starling Bank looks better where reach 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.