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Plausible Analytics vs Vimeo

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 Vimeo (You know, for videos.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

Vimeo (rank #209) holds a narrow lead over Plausible Analytics (rank #338) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (49 vs 43). 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), Vimeo is slightly ahead of Plausible Analytics. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Vimeo. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), Plausible Analytics is ahead of Vimeo. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Plausible Analytics is clearly ahead of Vimeo. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), Vimeo is clearly 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. Vimeo shows 14,779 stars across 105 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 19 external contributors.

Plausible Analytics is the stronger read for anyone weighting reach. Vimeo 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 AnalyticsVimeo
Ranking
Overall rank#338#209
Pillars
Overall4349
Code5663
Education6950
Community5945
Reach4919
Momentum3860
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars31,14514,779
Forks2,5573,071
Public repos21105
Active repos (90d)719
External contributors2319
Avg polish5267
Avg AI-readiness3538

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