PostHog vs Yoast

PostHog (The single platform to analyze, test, observe, and deploy new features) and Yoast (This is where the Yoast.com team shares its public code: from our WordPress plugins to other small projects.) both appear on the Smoower Developer Ecosystem Index.

PostHog (rank #30) holds a modest lead over Yoast (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 Yoast. On education (docs, guides and learning material for developers), Yoast is ahead of PostHog. On community (issue response, PR reviews and discussion health), PostHog is ahead of Yoast. On reach (how visible the ecosystem is beyond its own repos), PostHog is ahead of Yoast. On momentum (release cadence and how fast the ecosystem moves), PostHog is clearly ahead of Yoast.

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. Yoast shows 3,439 stars across 78 public repos, 12 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 11.9x larger, which usually shows up in downstream signals like inbound issues and third party integrations.

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