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PostHog vs Skyscanner

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 Skyscanner both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #31) holds a modest lead over Skyscanner (rank #209) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 49). The gap of 14 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 Skyscanner. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Skyscanner is ahead of PostHog. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), PostHog is ahead of Skyscanner. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), Skyscanner is slightly ahead of PostHog. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), PostHog is clearly ahead of Skyscanner.

PostHog carries 40,819 GitHub stars across 357 public repos, with 87 repositories active in the last 90 days and 210 external contributors on record. Skyscanner shows 8,167 stars across 86 public repos, 18 active in the last 90 days and 39 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but PostHog's footprint is roughly 5.0x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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

Side-by-side metrics

MetricPostHogSkyscanner
Ranking
Overall rank#31#209
Pillars
Overall6349
Code7667
Education5872
Community5140
Reach3132
Momentum8241
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars40,8198,167
Forks5,0831,526
Public repos35786
Active repos (90d)8718
External contributors21039
Avg polish7774
Avg AI-readiness5947

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