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Umami vs Matomo
Pick Umami if you want a small MIT privacy dashboard. Pick Matomo if you want the fuller Google Analytics-shaped suite (goals, tags, reports) and will run a PHP app.
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.
Umami in the catalog Matomo in the catalogStart on Railway
How they compare
| Umami | Matomo | |
|---|---|---|
| License | MIT License (catalog) source | GPL-3.0 (catalog) source |
| Language | TypeScript (catalog) | PHP (catalog) |
| GitHub activity | 39,435 stars in the catalog source | 21,958 stars in the catalog source |
| Self-host | Small privacy dashboard. Postgres. | Fuller GA-shaped suite. PHP app. |
| Best for | Pageviews without cookies. | Goals, tags, and reports that feel like GA. |
Self-hosting and resource needs
Umami is TypeScript + Postgres, already named on /stacks/swetrix-analytics. Matomo is PHP (matomo-org/matomo, GPL-3.0) — a heavier GA-shaped box. Neither is the published first Railway template; Swetrix is.
FAQ
- Umami or Plausible?
- See /compare/plausible-vs-umami. Both are small privacy dashboards. Matomo is the heavier suite.
- Is Matomo a Mixpanel replacement?
- No. Matomo is the GA-shaped web-analytics suite. Funnels and replay stay on PostHog — /compare/swetrix-vs-posthog.
- Are these free?
- Umami is MIT. Matomo is GPL-3.0. You pay hosting. Matomo Cloud is a separate product.
- Which one first?
- Umami (or Swetrix/Plausible) if you only need pageviews. Matomo if you already know you want GA-shaped reports.
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