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Plausible Analytics vs Userlike

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 Userlike both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Plausible Analytics (rank #338) holds a narrow lead over Userlike (rank #569) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (43 vs 35). The gap of 8 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 Userlike. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Userlike is ahead of Plausible Analytics. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Userlike. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Userlike. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Userlike.

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. Userlike shows 38 stars across 14 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 819.6x 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. Userlike 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricPlausible AnalyticsUserlike
Ranking
Overall rank#338#569
Pillars
Overall4335
Code5643
Education6985
Community5912
Reach4920
Momentum3812
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars31,14538
Forks2,5575
Public repos2114
Active repos (90d)73
External contributors233
Avg polish5236
Avg AI-readiness3535

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