PostHog vs The Washington Post

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

PostHog (rank #30) holds a meaningful lead over The Washington Post (rank #510) on the overall Smoower ecosystem score (63 vs 37). The gap of 26 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 The Washington Post. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), PostHog is ahead of The Washington Post. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), PostHog is clearly ahead of The Washington Post. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), The Washington Post is ahead of PostHog. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), PostHog is clearly ahead of The Washington Post.

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. The Washington Post shows 2,751 stars across 91 public repos, 3 active in the last 90 days and 0 external contributors. The star gap on its own does not decide the comparison, but PostHog's footprint is roughly 14.8x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

PostHog is the stronger read for anyone weighting momentum. The Washington Post 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.