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40k

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 Sep 2026

Self-hosted analytics — star history
31k STARS15 YR 4 MOposthog/posthog29kumami-software/umami31kplausible/analytics24kmatomo-org/matomo23kelecterious/ackee4.7k

posthog/posthog: 29,111 stars on September 16, 2026. umami-software/umami: 31,001 stars on September 16, 2026. plausible/analytics: 23,556 stars on September 16, 2026. matomo-org/matomo: 23,125 stars on September 16, 2026. electerious/ackee: 4,733 stars on September 10, 2026.

Star history for posthog/posthog
DateStars
February 9, 20201
March 9, 20201462
April 7, 20201855
May 6, 20202065
June 5, 20202221
July 3, 20202651
August 1, 20202868
September 2, 20203097
October 3, 20203218
November 1, 20203312
December 7, 20203442
January 6, 20213562
February 3, 20213707
March 6, 20213838
April 4, 20213976
May 5, 20214081
June 5, 20214175
July 4, 20214388
August 3, 20214492
September 6, 20214627
October 4, 20214750
November 9, 20214863
December 8, 20215350
January 6, 20225554
February 3, 20226076
March 4, 20227004
April 2, 20227342
May 1, 20227555
May 30, 20227837
June 27, 20228122
August 1, 20228436
August 30, 20228824
September 27, 20229255
October 26, 20229542
November 24, 20229810
December 23, 202210074
January 20, 202310543
February 18, 202310812
March 19, 202311096
April 17, 202311375
May 15, 202311637
June 13, 202311949
July 12, 202312364
August 10, 202312709
September 7, 202313060
October 6, 202313403
November 4, 202314008
December 3, 202314345
December 31, 202314765
January 29, 202415139
March 4, 202415724
April 1, 202416262
April 30, 202416907
May 29, 202417454
June 27, 202418828
July 26, 202419344
August 23, 202419832
September 21, 202420488
October 20, 202421066
November 18, 202421509
December 16, 202422087
January 14, 202522684
February 12, 202523618
March 13, 202524318
April 10, 202525039
May 9, 202525626
June 7, 202526059
July 6, 202526495
August 3, 202526844
September 1, 202527258
October 6, 202527649
November 8, 202527810
December 8, 202527953
January 6, 202628137
February 5, 202628283
March 5, 202628532
April 6, 202628623
May 6, 202628983
June 12, 202629042
September 16, 202629111
Star history for umami-software/umami
DateStars
August 17, 20203
September 13, 20203191
October 9, 20203889
November 5, 20204513
December 1, 20204757
December 27, 20204944
January 24, 20215166
February 19, 20216000
March 18, 20216271
April 13, 20216419
May 18, 20217260
June 13, 20217769
July 9, 20217955
August 5, 20218167
September 3, 20218344
September 30, 20218589
November 5, 20218686
December 1, 20218871
December 28, 20219038
January 23, 20229267
February 18, 20229540
March 17, 20229880
April 12, 202210174
May 8, 202210706
June 4, 202211380
June 30, 202211646
July 27, 202211965
August 22, 202212301
September 17, 202212940
October 14, 202213164
November 14, 202213462
December 11, 202213691
January 6, 202313886
February 2, 202314187
February 28, 202314501
March 26, 202314802
April 22, 202315152
May 18, 202315516
June 13, 202315765
July 10, 202316003
August 5, 202316311
September 1, 202316582
September 27, 202316804
October 23, 202317073
November 19, 202317330
December 15, 202317603
January 10, 202417937
February 6, 202418299
March 3, 202418694
March 30, 202419102
April 30, 202419502
May 27, 202419855
June 22, 202420179
July 18, 202420508
August 14, 202420835
September 9, 202421732
October 6, 202422060
November 1, 202422389
November 27, 202422857
December 24, 202423228
January 19, 202523611
February 14, 202524120
March 13, 202525021
April 8, 202525455
May 5, 202525886
May 31, 202526236
June 26, 202526439
July 23, 202526701
August 18, 202528348
September 13, 202528652
October 21, 202528882
November 16, 202529907
December 13, 202530150
January 8, 202630395
February 4, 202630551
March 2, 202630691
April 1, 202630785
May 1, 202630871
June 3, 202630925
September 16, 202631001
Star history for plausible/analytics
DateStars
September 2, 20191
November 10, 201994
January 19, 2020154
March 24, 2020194
April 27, 2020587
May 27, 2020883
June 25, 20201250
July 24, 20201649
August 23, 20202583
September 21, 20202926
October 26, 20204220
November 24, 20204500
December 23, 20204846
January 21, 20215259
February 19, 20215642
March 20, 20216637
April 18, 20217061
May 20, 20217423
June 18, 20217660
July 17, 20217917
August 15, 20218112
September 16, 20218402
October 16, 20218622
November 21, 20218859
December 20, 20219080
January 18, 20229480
February 16, 20229852
March 17, 202210147
April 15, 202210465
May 14, 202210770
June 18, 202211068
July 17, 202211428
August 15, 202211713
September 13, 202212093
October 12, 202212359
November 10, 202212618
December 9, 202212856
January 8, 202313125
February 6, 202313446
March 7, 202313780
April 5, 202314055
May 4, 202314297
June 2, 202314675
July 1, 202314967
July 30, 202315248
August 28, 202315552
September 26, 202315829
October 25, 202316186
November 23, 202316497
December 22, 202316786
January 26, 202417110
February 24, 202417408
March 24, 202417726
April 22, 202417997
May 21, 202418343
June 19, 202418626
July 18, 202418911
August 16, 202419213
September 14, 202419486
October 13, 202419807
November 11, 202420183
December 10, 202420597
January 8, 202520874
February 6, 202521166
March 7, 202521454
April 5, 202521750
May 4, 202522060
June 2, 202522286
July 3, 202522441
August 1, 202522580
September 5, 202522741
October 5, 202522850
November 11, 202522950
December 11, 202523037
January 12, 202623133
February 20, 202623203
March 29, 202623265
May 6, 202623310
June 12, 202623494
September 16, 202623556
Star history for matomo-org/matomo
DateStars
May 16, 20111
December 12, 201275
March 10, 2013650
May 14, 2013838
July 30, 20131040
October 3, 20131261
December 4, 20131461
February 6, 20141750
April 8, 20142066
June 10, 20142343
August 20, 20142659
October 20, 20142986
December 18, 20143269
February 15, 20153569
April 15, 20153885
June 13, 20154180
August 13, 20154478
October 13, 20154774
December 12, 20155138
February 11, 20165428
April 15, 20165666
June 13, 20165998
August 13, 20166239
October 14, 20166600
December 12, 20166892
February 11, 20177343
April 11, 20177685
June 9, 20177975
August 9, 20178461
October 9, 20178786
December 19, 20179203
February 16, 20189550
April 17, 20189902
June 16, 201810320
August 20, 201810609
October 18, 201810923
December 16, 201811198
February 13, 201911599
April 13, 201911948
June 12, 201912261
August 11, 201912930
October 10, 201913189
December 9, 201913518
February 7, 202013764
April 6, 202014083
June 8, 202014405
August 7, 202014737
October 10, 202015068
December 8, 202015331
February 5, 202115948
April 19, 202116293
June 21, 202116533
August 22, 202116780
November 1, 202117009
December 30, 202117247
February 27, 202217563
April 27, 202217836
June 28, 202218104
August 27, 202218351
October 27, 202218618
December 28, 202218845
February 28, 202319093
April 29, 202319394
June 28, 202319648
August 27, 202319918
October 25, 202320146
December 24, 202320441
February 21, 202420688
April 21, 202420943
June 20, 202421210
August 30, 202421561
October 29, 202421866
December 28, 202422070
February 25, 202522309
April 26, 202522542
July 3, 202522683
September 7, 202522821
November 23, 202522945
February 9, 202623045
September 16, 202623125
Star history for electerious/ackee
DateStars
April 16, 20143
November 14, 201433
May 12, 201558
November 23, 201587
July 5, 2016110
August 8, 2018133
April 30, 2019160
September 5, 2019595
September 27, 2019991
October 25, 20191066
November 23, 20191139
December 16, 20191254
January 10, 20201317
February 4, 20201372
March 1, 20201442
March 27, 20201504
April 17, 20201572
May 11, 20201646
June 2, 20201736
June 28, 20201848
July 21, 20201916
August 15, 20201994
September 8, 20202070
October 2, 20202133
October 31, 20202200
November 26, 20202252
December 19, 20202304
January 13, 20212362
February 4, 20212444
March 3, 20212488
April 4, 20212567
April 27, 20212618
May 24, 20212670
June 21, 20212711
July 18, 20212770
August 14, 20212821
September 8, 20212946
October 3, 20213114
November 14, 20213171
December 17, 20213228
January 14, 20223270
February 14, 20223328
March 14, 20223369
April 8, 20223409
May 5, 20223459
June 6, 20223499
July 8, 20223533
August 8, 20223570
September 12, 20223606
October 18, 20223647
November 19, 20223698
December 28, 20223739
January 24, 20233786
February 26, 20233825
April 1, 20233874
May 5, 20233921
June 2, 20233959
July 4, 20233992
August 3, 20234030
September 5, 20234082
October 3, 20234124
November 5, 20234161
December 7, 20234200
January 11, 20244231
February 15, 20244264
March 29, 20244289
May 8, 20244320
June 14, 20244356
July 20, 20244386
August 26, 20244418
October 6, 20244457
November 14, 20244489
December 27, 20244521
February 21, 20254552
April 17, 20254582
July 4, 20254610
August 23, 20254657
November 7, 20254685
January 23, 20264710
September 10, 20264733

How each series was read

  • posthog/posthog

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • umami-software/umami

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • plausible/analytics

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • matomo-org/matomo

    Historical star data · Covers through September 16, 2026

  • electerious/ackee

    Historical star data · Covers through September 10, 2026

Ranking

5 repositories

Self-hosted analytics ranked by current total GitHub stars
#RepositoryStars+90dFirst starHealth
1posthog/posthog39,817~692020debt charts
2umami-software/umami38,844~692020debt charts
3plausible/analytics29,097~622019debt charts
4matomo-org/matomo21,873~152011debt charts
5electerious/ackee4,705~52014debt 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: 39,81738,84429,09721,8734,705
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.+69+69+62+15+5
ForksCurrent public GitHub metadata total.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Largest package audienceLargest resolved registry total; sources are shown explicitly.No resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved packageNo resolved package
Repository ageElapsed years since the GitHub creation timestamp.6.6 years6.2 years7.8 years15 years12 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.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Code linesAnalyzed source lines at current HEAD, excluding blanks and comments.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Languages representedLanguages with non-zero files or line counts.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Maintenance

Commit volume and recent operating cadence

Signalposthog/posthogumami-software/umamiplausible/analyticsmatomo-org/matomoelecterious/ackee
Repository commitsFull repository commit total reported by the analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Commits · trailing 90dCommit count in the newest 90 days covered by the repository analysis.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

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.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Top contributor concentrationShare of attributed commits carried by the most active contributor.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

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.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available
Recent TODO/FIXME movementLatest cumulative marker count and its change over the trailing 90 days.Not availableNot availableNot availableNot availableNot available

Head to head

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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 39,817 GitHub stars as of Sep 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 69 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 either from GitHub's stargazer list or rebuilt from historical star data — 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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