PostHog vs Remote

PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) and Remote (Remote helps with international payroll, benefits, taxes, stock options, and compliance for businesses big and small!) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a modest lead over Remote (rank #278) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 46). The gap of 17 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 Remote. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Remote is clearly ahead of PostHog. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), PostHog is ahead of Remote. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), PostHog is ahead of Remote. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), PostHog is clearly ahead of Remote.

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. Remote shows 811 stars across 51 public repos, 17 active in the last 90 days and 21 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but PostHog's footprint is roughly 50.3x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

PostHog is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Remote 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.