Plausible Analytics vs Unsplash

Plausible Analytics (Simple, open source, lightweight (< 1 KB) and privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics.) and Unsplash (Building the internet's open library of freely usable visuals. Join us 👫) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics and Unsplash sit at essentially the same overall ecosystem score (43), which is unusual and worth reading through the pillars below.

On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Unsplash is slightly ahead of Plausible Analytics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Unsplash. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Unsplash. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Plausible Analytics is slightly ahead of Unsplash.

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. Unsplash shows 9,930 stars across 63 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 3 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but Plausible Analytics's footprint is roughly 3.1x 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. Unsplash looks better where education 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.