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Best open-source Privacy analytics
The best self-hosted privacy-analytics split in the c17.io catalog is Swetrix for a first-party pageview box (the published GA / Mixpanel / Plausible Cloud stack), Umami when you want that MIT cookieless app — /compare/plausible-vs-umami, Plausible when you want that AGPL-3.0 privacy dashboard you host instead of Plausible Cloud, and Matomo when you want GPL-3.0 full-site analytics rather than a tiny snippet. PostHog is product analytics and replay — /replace/posthog-cloud — not a cookieless pageview box. This is not GA4's every BigQuery SKU.
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Ranked picks
1
swetrixSelf-hosted analytics already on /replace/google-analytics and /replace/plausible-cloud.
When to pick it: First-party pageviews without a GA cookie.
1,204 stars in the catalog
2
UmamiMIT cookieless analytics — /compare/plausible-vs-umami.
When to pick it: A small snippet and a simple dashboard.
39,435 stars in the catalog
3
PlausibleAGPL-3.0 privacy analytics you host instead of Plausible Cloud. /compare/plausible-vs-umami.
When to pick it: The same product as Plausible Cloud, on your box.
29,518 stars in the catalog
4
MatomoGPL-3.0 full-site analytics already on /compare/umami-vs-matomo. Heavier than a cookieless snippet.
When to pick it: On-prem analytics with more reports, not a 1 KB script.
21,958 stars in the catalog
How they compare
| Tool | License | Self-host | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| swetrix | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | Easy | First-party pageviews without a GA cookie. |
| Umami | MIT License | Easy | A small snippet and a simple dashboard. |
| Plausible | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | Easy | The same product as Plausible Cloud, on your box. |
| Matomo | GNU General Public License v3.0 | Medium | On-prem analytics with more reports, not a 1 KB script. |
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FAQ
- Plausible Cloud or Umami?
- Self-host Plausible if you want that AGPL dashboard (the same software as the cloud). Umami if you want MIT — /compare/plausible-vs-umami.
- Is this PostHog?
- PostHog Cloud is product analytics — /replace/posthog-cloud. This page is cookieless pageviews.
- Why is Matomo last?
- Matomo is a fuller analytics suite. Put it here so a cookie-heavy desk is not sold as a 1 KB privacy snippet.
- Are these free?
- Umami is MIT. Plausible is AGPL-3.0. Matomo is GPL-3.0. You pay hosting. Template users never pay c17.
- How do I deploy it?
- Open /stacks/swetrix-analytics. Persist Postgres. Paste one snippet. Plausible Cloud stays on /replace/plausible-cloud.
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