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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: 29,107 stars on September 13, 2026. umami-software/umami: 30,998 stars on September 15, 2026. plausible/analytics: 23,554 stars on September 15, 2026. matomo-org/matomo: 23,123 stars on September 15, 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 4, 20202208
July 3, 20202651
August 1, 20202868
September 2, 20203097
October 2, 20203216
November 1, 20203312
December 7, 20203442
January 5, 20213552
February 3, 20213707
March 6, 20213838
April 4, 20213976
May 4, 20214076
June 5, 20214175
July 4, 20214388
August 2, 20214487
September 5, 20214624
October 4, 20214750
November 9, 20214863
December 7, 20215340
January 5, 20225535
February 3, 20226076
March 4, 20227004
April 1, 20227336
April 30, 20227551
May 29, 20227824
June 27, 20228122
July 31, 20228430
August 29, 20228805
September 26, 20229239
October 25, 20229535
November 23, 20229803
December 22, 202210070
January 19, 202310526
February 17, 202310807
March 18, 202311090
April 16, 202311361
May 14, 202311624
June 12, 202311941
July 11, 202312348
August 9, 202312699
September 6, 202313052
October 5, 202313387
November 3, 202313995
December 2, 202314343
December 30, 202314759
January 28, 202415133
March 2, 202415674
March 31, 202416241
April 29, 202416886
May 28, 202417430
June 25, 202418788
July 24, 202419297
August 22, 202419818
September 20, 202420450
October 18, 202421041
November 16, 202421485
December 15, 202422071
January 13, 202522665
February 10, 202523570
March 11, 202524249
April 9, 202525019
May 7, 202525583
June 5, 202526038
July 4, 202526478
August 2, 202526829
August 30, 202527236
October 4, 202527634
November 7, 202527806
December 6, 202527945
January 4, 202628124
February 3, 202628278
March 4, 202628529
April 4, 202628615
May 3, 202628978
June 7, 202629039
September 13, 202629107
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 17, 20216263
April 13, 20216419
May 17, 20216930
June 13, 20217769
July 9, 20217955
August 5, 20218167
September 3, 20218344
September 30, 20218589
November 5, 20218686
December 1, 20218871
December 27, 20219029
January 23, 20229267
February 18, 20229540
March 16, 20229867
April 12, 202210174
May 8, 202210706
June 4, 202211380
June 30, 202211646
July 26, 202211952
August 22, 202212301
September 17, 202212940
October 13, 202213152
November 14, 202213462
December 10, 202213684
January 6, 202313886
February 1, 202314175
February 27, 202314489
March 26, 202314802
April 21, 202315135
May 18, 202315516
June 13, 202315765
July 9, 202315996
August 5, 202316311
August 31, 202316572
September 26, 202316800
October 23, 202317073
November 18, 202317317
December 15, 202317603
January 10, 202417937
February 5, 202418286
March 3, 202418694
March 29, 202419087
April 30, 202419502
May 26, 202419837
June 21, 202420162
July 18, 202420508
August 13, 202420818
September 8, 202421719
October 5, 202422051
October 31, 202422380
November 27, 202422857
December 23, 202423218
January 18, 202523599
February 14, 202524120
March 12, 202524994
April 7, 202525431
May 4, 202525873
May 30, 202526228
June 25, 202526431
July 22, 202526696
August 17, 202528306
September 13, 202528652
October 20, 202528878
November 16, 202529907
December 12, 202530140
January 7, 202630387
February 3, 202630547
March 1, 202630690
March 30, 202630784
April 29, 202630870
June 2, 202630924
September 15, 202630998
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 4, 202314047
May 3, 202314289
June 1, 202314661
June 30, 202314958
July 29, 202315240
August 27, 202315543
September 25, 202315819
October 24, 202316163
November 22, 202316490
December 21, 202316778
January 25, 202417101
February 23, 202417397
March 23, 202417712
April 21, 202417989
May 20, 202418336
June 18, 202418612
July 17, 202418907
August 15, 202419202
September 13, 202419474
October 12, 202419802
November 10, 202420175
December 9, 202420586
January 7, 202520863
February 5, 202521161
March 6, 202521435
April 4, 202521741
May 3, 202522055
June 1, 202522281
July 2, 202522434
July 31, 202522577
September 4, 202522738
October 4, 202522848
November 10, 202522948
December 10, 202523034
January 11, 202623131
February 19, 202623199
March 28, 202623262
May 5, 202623307
June 9, 202623492
September 15, 202623554
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 14, 20165662
June 12, 20165992
August 12, 20166237
October 13, 20166594
December 11, 20166888
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 10, 201912927
October 9, 201913181
December 8, 201913514
February 6, 202013758
April 5, 202014079
June 7, 202014397
August 5, 202014731
October 9, 202015060
December 7, 202015321
February 4, 202115943
April 18, 202116286
June 20, 202116524
August 21, 202116776
October 31, 202117003
December 30, 202117247
February 27, 202217563
April 27, 202217836
June 28, 202218104
August 27, 202218351
October 27, 202218618
December 27, 202218844
February 27, 202319091
April 28, 202319390
June 27, 202319646
August 26, 202319913
October 24, 202320141
December 23, 202320436
February 20, 202420683
April 20, 202420934
June 19, 202421209
August 29, 202421558
October 28, 202421858
December 27, 202422068
February 24, 202522305
April 25, 202522540
July 2, 202522682
September 5, 202522818
November 21, 202522944
February 8, 202623043
September 15, 202623123
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 13, 2026

  • umami-software/umami

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • plausible/analytics

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 2026

  • matomo-org/matomo

    Historical star data · Covers through September 15, 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/posthog39,802~682020debt charts
2umami-software/umami38,812~672020debt charts
3plausible/analytics29,084~622019debt charts
4matomo-org/matomo21,872~142011debt charts
5electerious/ackee4,704~52014debt 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: 39,80238,81229,08421,8724,704
Stars gained · trailing 90dChange in the newest 90 days covered by each cached series.Best result in this row: +68+67+62+14+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 39,802 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 68 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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