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PostHog vs Swimlane

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 Swimlane (Swimlane is a Security Automation and Orchestration platform) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a modest lead over Swimlane (rank #141) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 53). The gap of 10 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 Swimlane. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Swimlane is slightly ahead of PostHog. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), PostHog is ahead of Swimlane. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), PostHog is slightly ahead of Swimlane. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), PostHog is clearly ahead of Swimlane.

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. Swimlane shows 14,614 stars across 128 public repos, 10 active in the last 90 days and 11 external contributors.

PostHog is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. Swimlane 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

MetricPostHogSwimlane
Ranking
Overall rank#30#141
Pillars
Overall6353
Code7666
Education5862
Community5240
Reach3125
Momentum8231
Builder experience00
Signals
Stars40,77514,614
Forks5,0704,219
Public repos357128
Active repos (90d)8710
External contributors21211
Avg polish7765
Avg AI-readiness5944

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