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Jitsu vs RudderStack
Pick Jitsu if you want the published self-hosted Segment / RudderStack Cloud / mParticle path. Pick RudderStack if you want the hosted Cloud product and will pay that meter, or if you accept Elastic License 2.0 on rudder-server (not OSI).
Facts checked 25 Oct 2026. License, language, and GitHub activity come from the catalog or the project's own repo. "Not in the catalog row" means the public catalog dump does not store that number.
Jitsu in the catalog RudderStack in the catalog Start on Railway
How they compare
| Jitsu | RudderStack | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT (catalog) source | Elastic License 2.0 (not OSI); Cloud is hosted SaaS source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | Go (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 5,114 stars in the catalog; last push 23 Oct 2026 source | 4,505 stars in the catalog; last push 25 Oct 2026 source |
| Self-host | Published as /stacks/jitsu-cdp. Postgres or ClickHouse. | Cloud-native SaaS, or ELv2 server you do not treat as the published path. |
| Best for | The published Segment / mParticle replacement. | Hosted Cloud if you accept that meter. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Jitsu is the published lander — /stacks/jitsu-cdp. rudder-server is ELv2: you may not offer it as a hosted service that exposes a substantial set of its features. PostHog is product analytics, not this pair. Swetrix is pageviews, not this pair. No one-click c17 Railway template.
FAQ
- Can I self-host RudderStack as the published path?
- rudder-server is ELv2, not OSI. This site publishes Jitsu — /replace/segment and /replace/rudderstack-cloud.
- mParticle or Segment?
- Same published ingest — /replace/mparticle and /replace/segment.
- Are these free?
- Jitsu is MIT. You pay hosting. RudderStack Cloud is hosted SaaS.
- How do I deploy Jitsu?
- Open /stacks/jitsu-cdp. Point the existing snippet at it. Keep one destination working.
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