PostHog vs Productboard

PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) and Productboard (Make things that matter, together. See also @productboardlabs) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over Productboard (rank #625) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 33). The gap of 30 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

On code quality (the state of repositories, tests, releases and polish), PostHog is clearly ahead of Productboard. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), PostHog is clearly ahead of Productboard. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), PostHog is clearly ahead of Productboard. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), PostHog is ahead of Productboard. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), PostHog is clearly ahead of Productboard.

PostHog carries 40,775 GitHub stars across 357 public repos, with 87 repositories active in the last 90 days and 212 external contributors on record. Productboard shows 90 stars across 87 public repos, 8 active in the last 90 days and 2 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but PostHog's footprint is roughly 453.1x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

PostHog is the stronger read for anyone weighting community. Productboard makes more sense for teams already using its adjacent tools. The table below breaks the scores down pillar by pillar; the linked profiles cover the underlying repos, docs and community signals in full.