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Swetrix vs PostHog
Pick Swetrix if you want cookieless pageviews (the published GA/Mixpanel stack). Pick PostHog if you need funnels and session replay — a multi-service box (Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse).
Facts checked 17 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.
Swetrix in the catalog PostHog in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Swetrix | PostHog | |
|---|---|---|
| License | AGPL-3.0 (catalog) source | MIT Expat for community code; ee/ is a separate license source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | Python (PostHog/posthog; not in the catalog row) source |
| GitHub activity | 1,204 stars in the catalog source | 40,318 stars, pushed 17 Oct 2026 (not in the catalog row) source |
| Self-host | Privacy-friendly pageviews. One site + DB. | Product analytics and replay. Multi-service (Postgres/ClickHouse/Redis). |
| Best for | Cookieless pageviews on a content or checkout site. | Funnels and replay on Postgres/ClickHouse. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Swetrix is the Easy analytics stack. PostHog is Medium: web, worker, Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse. Plausible and Umami are now catalog rows — see /compare/swetrix-vs-plausible and /compare/plausible-vs-umami. PostHog LICENSE (read 17 Oct 2026): MIT Expat for community code, ee/ separate.
FAQ
- Swetrix or PostHog?
- Swetrix (or traffic-source) for pageviews. PostHog when you need funnels and replay. That split is how the stacks are published.
- Where is Umami?
- In the catalog and on /stacks/swetrix-analytics. See /compare/plausible-vs-umami and /compare/umami-vs-matomo.
- Plausible or Matomo?
- Both are listed catalog rows. See /compare/swetrix-vs-plausible and /compare/umami-vs-matomo.
- Are these free?
- Swetrix is AGPL. PostHog community is MIT; ee/ is separate. You pay hosting and any warehouse you attach.
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