PostHog

Product analytics, session recording, feature flagging and a/b testing that you can self-host (alternative to Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap).

Active Last commit · 43,269 commits in the past 12 months

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At a glance

GitHub stars
40.8k
Forks
3.7k
Open issues & PRs
4.5k
Last commit
2026-11-10
Latest release
desktop-v0.61.981
2026-11-10
Commits (12 mo)
43.3k
Releases (12 mo)
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License
MIT
Language / platform
Python

Maintenance health: Active

Last commit within the past 90 days. Last commit · 43,269 commits in the past 12 months.

How we label health: Active = last commit within 90 days, Maintained = within 12 months, Slowing = 12–24 months, Stale = over 24 months, Archived = read-only repository, Unknown = no data. Activity data from the GitHub API.

Run PostHog yourself

  • RAM: ~2 GB server (1 vCPU)
  • Docker: not detected — install from source or packages
  • event-heavy sites may need ClickHouse/Postgres with more RAM

Estimated monthly server cost

ProviderPlan size~ USD / month
Vultr2 GB$10Deploy →
DigitalOcean2 GB$12Deploy →
Akamai (Linode)2 GB$12Deploy →

Rough estimate from the app's stack and category, not a benchmark. Several light apps can share one server. Some hosting links may be affiliate links. We may earn a commission at no extra cost to you; it never affects which apps we list.

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