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Self-hosted analytics: star history compared

Most starred

41k

posthog/posthog

Privacy regulation and cookie-banner fatigue turned self-hosted analytics from a hobbyist niche into a real market, and the star curves date it precisely: Plausible and Umami both inflect hard around 2020, right as the industry started looking for Google Analytics exits. PostHog grew a full product-analytics suite on the same wave, while Matomo — the elder of the category — shows what fifteen years of steady open-source persistence looks like.

Ranked by current GitHub stars · growth = stars gained in the trailing 90 days · data updated Nov 2026

Self-hosted analytics — star history
41k STARS15 YR 8 MOposthog/posthog41kumami-software/umami40kplausible/analytics30kmatomo-org/matomo22kelecterious/ackee4.7k

posthog/posthog: 40,776 stars on November 14, 2026. umami-software/umami: 40,137 stars on November 14, 2026. plausible/analytics: 29,844 stars on November 13, 2026. matomo-org/matomo: 22,026 stars on November 13, 2026. electerious/ackee: 4,728 stars on November 13, 2026.

Star history for posthog/posthog
DateStars
February 11, 20204
March 12, 20201419
April 12, 20201743
May 12, 20201896
June 12, 20202197
July 13, 20202507
August 14, 20202671
September 14, 20202961
October 17, 20203057
November 17, 20203153
December 27, 20203300
January 29, 20213422
March 1, 20213555
April 1, 20213691
May 6, 20213802
June 7, 20213899
July 8, 20214105
August 9, 20214209
September 10, 20214332
October 11, 20214452
November 11, 20214638
December 11, 20215095
January 12, 20225404
February 12, 20226242
March 14, 20226859
April 14, 20227115
May 15, 20227415
June 15, 20227668
July 16, 20227984
August 16, 20228358
September 21, 20228871
October 22, 20229183
November 22, 20229454
December 22, 20229749
January 22, 202310225
February 22, 202310491
March 24, 202310797
April 24, 202311093
May 25, 202311420
June 24, 202311839
July 25, 202312220
August 24, 202312605
September 24, 202312868
October 25, 202313555
November 24, 202313934
December 25, 202314417
January 25, 202414803
February 24, 202415288
March 26, 202415839
April 26, 202416600
June 1, 202417627
July 2, 202418691
August 2, 202419226
September 1, 202419784
October 2, 202420498
November 2, 202421024
December 2, 202421660
January 2, 202522267
February 2, 202523218
March 4, 202523912
April 4, 202524850
May 5, 202525559
June 4, 202526135
July 5, 202526868
August 5, 202527462
September 4, 202528194
October 5, 202528812
November 5, 202529255
December 5, 202529650
January 5, 202630046
February 11, 202630600
March 13, 202631414
April 13, 202632021
May 14, 202633947
June 13, 202634550
July 14, 202635157
August 14, 202637392
September 13, 202639552
October 14, 202640192
November 14, 202640776
Star history for umami-software/umami
DateStars
August 17, 202031
September 14, 20203275
October 13, 20204045
November 10, 20204489
December 9, 20204709
January 6, 20214878
February 4, 20215646
March 4, 20215893
April 2, 20216089
May 1, 20216222
June 5, 20217347
July 3, 20217573
August 1, 20217772
August 29, 20217945
September 27, 20218174
October 25, 20218353
November 24, 20218538
December 23, 20218693
January 21, 20228920
February 18, 20229190
March 19, 20229525
April 16, 20229837
May 15, 202210499
June 12, 202211064
July 11, 202211368
August 9, 202211681
September 6, 202212050
October 5, 202212651
November 2, 202212895
December 1, 202213173
January 4, 202313416
February 1, 202313736
March 2, 202314078
March 31, 202314402
April 28, 202314816
May 27, 202315205
June 24, 202315423
July 23, 202315701
August 20, 202316022
September 18, 202316306
October 16, 202316525
November 14, 202316822
December 12, 202317117
January 10, 202417487
February 7, 202417853
March 7, 202418301
April 4, 202418729
May 3, 202419086
June 1, 202419445
June 29, 202419799
August 2, 202420215
August 31, 202421112
September 28, 202421509
October 27, 202421868
November 24, 202422381
December 23, 202422797
January 21, 202523232
February 18, 202524175
March 19, 202524880
April 16, 202525377
May 15, 202525848
June 12, 202526245
July 11, 202526685
August 8, 202527152
September 6, 202530025
October 4, 202530422
November 2, 202530845
November 30, 202533291
December 29, 202533922
January 26, 202634403
March 2, 202635011
March 30, 202635496
April 28, 202636015
May 26, 202636526
June 24, 202637014
July 22, 202637574
August 20, 202638096
September 17, 202638752
October 16, 202639340
November 14, 202640137
Star history for plausible/analytics
DateStars
May 20, 20191
November 20, 201994
February 25, 2020151
April 13, 2020430
May 16, 2020684
June 16, 2020922
July 17, 20201398
August 18, 20202262
September 18, 20202625
October 19, 20203710
November 26, 20204081
December 27, 20204423
January 27, 20214822
February 28, 20215252
March 31, 20216595
May 1, 20216982
June 1, 20217320
July 3, 20217548
August 3, 20217782
September 3, 20218018
October 5, 20218312
November 5, 20218592
December 6, 20218846
January 6, 20229121
February 7, 20229548
March 10, 20229870
April 10, 202210211
May 12, 202210532
June 12, 202210789
July 13, 202211217
August 20, 202211601
September 20, 202211916
October 21, 202212207
November 22, 202212490
December 23, 202212686
January 23, 202312997
February 23, 202313349
March 27, 202313685
April 27, 202313959
May 28, 202314337
June 29, 202314653
July 30, 202314949
August 30, 202315279
October 1, 202315581
November 1, 202315980
December 2, 202316268
January 2, 202416588
February 3, 202416923
March 5, 202417232
April 5, 202417566
May 13, 202418004
June 13, 202418284
July 14, 202418594
August 15, 202418923
September 15, 202419210
October 16, 202419583
November 17, 202419986
December 18, 202420406
January 18, 202520713
February 18, 202521044
March 22, 202521381
April 22, 202521749
May 23, 202522060
June 24, 202522337
July 25, 202522581
August 25, 202522817
September 25, 202523039
October 27, 202523295
November 27, 202523486
December 28, 202523708
February 4, 202623908
March 7, 202624117
April 7, 202624343
May 9, 202624624
June 9, 202626812
July 10, 202627505
August 11, 202628346
September 11, 202628944
October 12, 202629334
November 13, 202629844
Star history for matomo-org/matomo
DateStars
March 30, 2011183
October 14, 2011257
May 29, 2012330
February 20, 2013508
April 30, 2013687
July 26, 2013858
October 7, 20131055
December 24, 20131260
March 1, 20141531
May 6, 20141774
July 22, 20142042
September 25, 20142296
November 28, 20142563
February 3, 20152834
April 7, 20153098
June 13, 20153385
August 19, 20153649
October 22, 20153914
December 24, 20154234
February 29, 20164451
May 6, 20164688
July 7, 20164949
September 11, 20165213
November 15, 20165507
January 19, 20175889
March 24, 20176192
May 27, 20176470
July 30, 20176690
October 3, 20177137
December 4, 20177460
February 22, 20187840
April 25, 20188232
June 28, 20188582
September 3, 20188880
November 5, 20189166
January 7, 20199494
March 12, 20199886
May 17, 201910221
July 18, 201910784
September 20, 201911067
November 23, 201911368
January 29, 202011617
April 1, 202011909
June 7, 202012188
August 11, 202012492
October 15, 202012796
December 18, 202013058
February 21, 202113608
April 25, 202113890
June 28, 202114120
September 16, 202114416
November 18, 202114684
January 21, 202214926
March 25, 202215213
May 28, 202215513
July 30, 202215739
October 3, 202215994
December 6, 202216255
February 12, 202316490
April 15, 202316761
June 20, 202317096
August 23, 202317379
October 29, 202317634
December 30, 202317944
March 3, 202418229
May 5, 202418504
July 10, 202418777
September 11, 202419113
November 14, 202419429
January 19, 202519658
April 5, 202519966
June 9, 202520201
August 13, 202520406
October 21, 202520634
December 24, 202520864
February 28, 202621095
May 6, 202621323
July 8, 202621554
September 11, 202621793
November 13, 202622026
Star history for electerious/ackee
DateStars
April 16, 20143
December 11, 201435
July 13, 201560
November 14, 201686
November 12, 2018111
August 22, 2019138
September 24, 2019885
October 23, 2019963
November 20, 20191028
December 16, 20191145
January 16, 20201210
February 13, 20201265
March 11, 20201335
April 7, 20201383
May 4, 20201455
May 27, 20201558
June 25, 20201663
July 19, 20201728
August 16, 20201813
September 11, 20201886
October 7, 20201942
November 10, 20202023
December 7, 20202081
January 4, 20212127
January 28, 20212205
February 27, 20212255
March 30, 20212318
April 26, 20212368
May 23, 20212422
June 21, 20212465
July 24, 20212519
August 20, 20212578
September 16, 20212703
October 12, 20212875
November 13, 20212919
December 18, 20212974
January 16, 20223009
February 14, 20223063
March 14, 20223102
April 14, 20223146
May 13, 20223191
June 19, 20223234
July 24, 20223278
September 1, 20223311
October 12, 20223357
November 12, 20223402
December 21, 20223453
January 17, 20233503
February 20, 20233537
March 22, 20233584
April 30, 20233636
June 2, 20233680
July 9, 20233718
August 7, 20233757
September 7, 20233808
October 10, 20233851
November 10, 20233891
December 17, 20233931
January 30, 20243964
March 13, 20244001
April 28, 20244036
May 31, 20244067
July 11, 20244101
August 24, 20244137
October 5, 20244170
November 15, 20244208
December 26, 20244237
February 21, 20254269
April 25, 20254300
June 19, 20254327
August 23, 20254400
October 6, 20254438
November 19, 20254474
December 25, 20254509
February 6, 20264555
March 28, 20264588
May 19, 20264631
July 15, 20264662
September 19, 20264696
November 13, 20264728

How each series was read

  • posthog/posthog

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • umami-software/umami

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • plausible/analytics

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • matomo-org/matomo

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

  • electerious/ackee

    GitHub star history · Covers through November 14, 2026

Ranking

5 repositories

Self-hosted analytics ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1posthog/posthog40,777~3.4k2020debt charts
2umami-software/umami40,137~2.2k2020debt charts
3plausible/analytics29,844~1.5k2019debt charts
4matomo-org/matomo22,026~3882011debt charts
5electerious/ackee4,727~572014debt charts

Repository health compared

Live analysis · unavailable data stays labelled

Popularity is only one axis. Compare technical scale, maintenance cadence, ownership resilience and change pressure against the same completed analysis that sits behind each report.

Reach

Popularity and real-world adoption

Signalposthog/posthogumami-software/umamiplausible/analyticsmatomo-org/matomoelecterious/ackee
GitHub starsCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Best result in this row: 40,77740,13729,84422,0264,727
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +3,384+2,153+1,498+388+57
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.6.8 years6.3 years7.9 years16 years13 years

Codebase

Size and technical center of gravity

Signalposthog/posthogumami-software/umamiplausible/analyticsmatomo-org/matomoelecterious/ackee
Dominant languageLargest share of analyzed code lines at current HEAD.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalposthog/posthogumami-software/umamiplausible/analyticsmatomo-org/matomoelecterious/ackee
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Ownership

How broadly maintenance responsibility is distributed

Signalposthog/posthogumami-software/umamiplausible/analyticsmatomo-org/matomoelecterious/ackee
Bus factorFewest analyzed contributors carrying at least half the commits.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Change signals

Debt markers and fix pressure in frequently changed files

Signalposthog/posthogumami-software/umamiplausible/analyticsmatomo-org/matomoelecterious/ackee
Fix-labelled share · frequently changed filesFix-labelled commits divided by commits across the analyzed high-frequency file set.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…Reading…

Head to head

open in the builder

Frequently asked

Which of these self-hosted analytics has the most GitHub stars?

posthog/posthog is the most-starred of the self-hosted analytics gitdebt compares, with 40,777 GitHub stars as of Nov 2026. It earned its first star in 2020.

Which of these self-hosted analytics is growing the fastest?

posthog/posthog added the most stars over the last 90 days of its cached history — about 3,384 new stars. 90-day figures are approximate for older repos, whose history is downsampled.

How is this comparison computed?

The table ranks public repository metadata by current total stars. Each curve is that repository's stored star series — read from GitHub's own star history, or from an older stargazer-list or historical-data read until gitdebt reads it again — drawn on shared axes, with trailing 90-day growth estimated from it. The legend under the chart names each series' own source and coverage date. Repo-health charts come independently from each repository's commit history.

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