Open-source alternatives to Google Analytics
4 alternatives, ranked by a published maintenance score computed from live GitHub signals (fetched 2026-09-04). We flag unmaintained projects on both sides — including Google Analytics itself when the data says so.
About Google Analytics: Free but proprietary; GDPR rulings against it in several EU countries and the GA4 migration drove a wave of switching. It is closed-source, so the same public maintenance signals do not exist for it — we score only the alternatives below.
The alternatives
Matomo
The most established self-hosted analytics; full-featured, GDPR-oriented.
How this 90/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | today | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 90/100 |
Umami
Simple privacy-focused analytics, easy to self-host.
How this 90/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 15 days ago | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 90/100 |
PostHog
Product analytics platform: events, funnels, session replay, flags.
How this 90/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | today | 25/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 90/100 |
Plausible
Lightweight cookie-free analytics; one simple dashboard.
How this 84/100 was computed
| Last commit | today | 40/40 |
|---|---|---|
| Latest release | 3 months ago | 19/25 |
| Community size | GitHub stars | 15/15 |
| Open-issue trend | not enough history yet — needs snapshots 21+ days apart; neutral 10/20 awarded meanwhile | 10/20 |
| Total | 84/100 |