8 best open source analytics tools you can self-host

This guide only includes open-source analytics tools that:

1. Have built-in analysis views. This includes end-to-end analytics, and dashboarding tools that connect to existing data sources, but not data pipeline platforms.

2. Are actively maintained. This is subjectively judged based on recently merged pull requests, commits to their repos, and the responsiveness of the maintainer to review requests.

3. Are free to self-host. Tools that are "open core" but don't offer a free, self-hostable deployment option are not included.

This guide is maintained by PostHog, an open-source analytics platform. You can suggest additions to this guide by opening an issue on our website repo.

We maintain separate guides on open-source feature flag tools, open-source AB testing products, and open-source session replay tools.

• Mar 14, 2022: Added Umami; updates to copy and screenshots
• Jun 16, 2022: Added Fathom Lite, OpenReplay
• Aug 24, 2022: Removed Fathom Lite, added Apache Superset, Redash
• Sep 13, 2023: Added Ackee and Open Web Analytics
• Nov 22, 2023: Added inclusion criteria, removed Ackee
• Feb 18, 2025: Complete guide overhaul. Removed some entries. Added OpenPanel

Several. The built-in product analytics is an alternative to Mixpanel and Amplitude, and it can replace Google Analytics for website and marketing analytics.

PostHog also offers session replay for both web and mobile apps, so it can replace the likes of Hotjar and FullStory, and feature flag and experiment features like those found in LaunchDarkly.

PostHog Open Source is distributed under an MIT license for hobbyists and proof of concepts via a Docker Compose deployment. It includes most features, but is limited to one project per instance.

The minimum requirements are a Hetzner VM (or equivalent) with 4 vCPU, 16GB RAM, and more than 30GB storage. Note that PostHog only recommends the self-hosted release for deployments up to ~300k events per month. Above this, it recommends switching to PostHog Cloud.

Yes. PostHog offers a managed cloud option with a generous free tier of 1 million events, 5,000 recordings, and 1 million flag API requests every month, and the option of US or EU-based hosting.

It's primarily pitched as an alternative to Google Analytics 4, especially for those looking for ironclad GDPR compliance. Matomo even offers a data import tool for Google Analytics, so you can bring your data with you.

Matomo on-premise includes all the core website analytics features, such as user and event tracking, ecommerce tracking, customizable dashboards, user segmentation, scheduled email reports, and alerts. Features like A/B testing and session replay are available as paid add-ons only.

The minimum requirements for 100,000 pageviews per month are: one server 2 CPU, 2 GB RAM, 50GB SSD disk. Matomo recommends separate app and database servers for anything over 1 million page views per month.

Yes. Matomo's cloud offereing includes all features and charges by "hits per month". The hosted version unlocks some features, like A/B testing and heatmaps, that are paid add-ons for the on-premise release.

Metabase is a direct alternative to business intelligence tools like Google's Looker / Looker Studio, Tableau, and Microsoft's Power BI. There are official connectors for all the most popular databases (Redshift, BigQuery, Snowflake, etc), and several community and partner-managed connectors for the likes of ClickHouse and DuckDB.

The open-source version includes the same core query and visualization features as paid versions, but without advanced permission and security features tailored to large companies.

Metabase recommends two servers: one for the application and one for the database. It needs at least 1 core and 1GB of RAM with additional resources required depending on the number of concurrent users.

Yes. The Starter plan includes cloud deployment for $85 per month for five users, with each additional user adding $5 per month.

It's a popular alternative to Google Analytics for people who want something fast and easy to use. Unlike Google Analyitcs, Plausible's lightweight tracking script has minimal impact on website performance.

The community edition offers the same features as paid versions, including tracking all common website metrics, goal and conversion tracking, basic funnels, and reports in Slack or via email. The only limitation is it's only updated twice a year, whereas the cloud version gets continuous updates.

Plausible recommends at least 2GB of RAM and it requires a CPU that supports SSE 4.2 or NEON instruction set or higher.

Yes. There's no free tier, but it's cheap even at high volumes. Pricing starts at €9 per month for 10,000 monthly pageviews.

In addition to session replay, it also includes some product analytics features, such as conversion funnels, user paths, heatmaps, trends, and custom dashboards. These features aren't as developed as dedicated analytics tools like Mixpanel or PostHog, but they're a useful augment to the core replay features.