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PostHog vs reddit

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 reddit both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over reddit (rank #430) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 40). The gap of 23 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 reddit. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), PostHog is slightly ahead of reddit. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), PostHog is ahead of reddit. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), reddit is clearly ahead of PostHog. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), PostHog is clearly ahead of reddit.

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. reddit shows 4,004 stars across 174 public repos, 26 active in the last 90 days and 16 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but PostHog's footprint is roughly 10.2x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

PostHog is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. reddit 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

MetricPostHogreddit
Ranking
Overall rank#30#430
Pillars
Overall6340
Code7660
Education5856
Community5239
Reach3152
Momentum8236
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars40,7754,004
Forks5,0701,160
Public repos357174
Active repos (90d)8726
External contributors21216
Avg polish7766
Avg AI-readiness5932

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