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PostHog vs Proton Mail

Developer ecosystem comparison across GitHub activity, SDKs, documentation, community, reach and momentum.

PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) and Proton Mail both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over Proton Mail (rank #401) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 41). The gap of 22 points reflects composite signals across code, docs, community and reach.

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

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. Proton Mail shows 16,265 stars across 186 public repos, 19 active in the last 90 days and 20 external contributors.

PostHog is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Proton Mail 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.

Side-by-side metrics

MetricPostHogProton Mail
Ranking
Overall rank#30#401
Pillars
Overall6341
Code7664
Education5842
Community5246
Reach3144
Momentum8252
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars40,77516,265
Forks5,0702,240
Public repos357186
Active repos (90d)8719
External contributors21220
Avg polish7774
Avg AI-readiness5932

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