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Best open-source Product analytics
The best self-hosted product-analytics split in the c17.io catalog is PostHog for funnels, flags, and replay (the published Amplitude / Heap / Pendo / PostHog Cloud stack), OpenReplay when you only want AGPL-3.0 recordings (skip ee/) — /compare/openreplay-vs-posthog, Jitsu when the job is an MIT Segment-shaped pipeline rather than a funnel UI, and Swetrix when the job is first-party pageviews rather than product events. This is not Pendo's every guide SKU — tours stay on /best/onboarding-product-tours. Cookieless pageviews stay on /best/privacy-analytics.
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Ranked picks
1
PosthogProduct analytics and replay — the c17 Amplitude / Heap / Pendo path. /compare/openreplay-vs-posthog.
When to pick it: Funnels and replay on Postgres/ClickHouse.
2
OpenReplayAGPL-3.0 session replay (skip ee/). Already on /best/session-replay.
When to pick it: Recordings only, not a Pendo suite.
13,043 stars in the catalog
3
jitsuMIT open-source Segment alternative already on /replace/segment.
When to pick it: Ingest and warehouse, not a product dashboard.
5,106 stars in the catalog
4
swetrixAGPL first-party pageviews already on /best/privacy-analytics. Not product analytics.
When to pick it: Cookieless traffic, not Amplitude events.
1,204 stars in the catalog
How they compare
| Tool | License | Self-host | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Posthog | Not listed | Medium | Funnels and replay on Postgres/ClickHouse. |
| OpenReplay | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | Medium | Recordings only, not a Pendo suite. |
| jitsu | MIT License | Medium | Ingest and warehouse, not a product dashboard. |
| swetrix | GNU Affero General Public License v3.0 | Easy | Cookieless traffic, not Amplitude events. |
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FAQ
- PostHog or OpenReplay?
- PostHog if you want the published Amplitude / Pendo path. OpenReplay if you only need recordings — /compare/openreplay-vs-posthog.
- Pendo, Amplitude, or Heap?
- Same published product desk — /replace/pendo, /replace/amplitude, and /replace/heap. This is not Pendo's every guide SKU.
- Is this Plausible Cloud?
- Cookieless pageviews stay on /replace/plausible-cloud and /best/privacy-analytics. This page is product events.
- Are these free?
- OpenReplay default is AGPL-3.0 if you skip ee/. Jitsu is MIT. You pay hosting. Template users never pay c17.
- How do I deploy it?
- Open /stacks/posthog-insights. Persist Postgres/ClickHouse. Confirm one funnel.
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