Plausible Analytics
Open source, privacy-first web analytics. Lightweight, cookie-free Google Analytics alternative. Self-hosted or cloud. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
90/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 72
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 70.0
- age_days: 2829
- days_rel: 110
- days_push: 7
- n_releases_24m: 9
Adoption not part of the score
28762 stars · 1817 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Plausible Analytics is an open-source, privacy-first web analytics platform that serves as a lightweight, cookie-free alternative to Google Analytics. It is available as a managed cloud service or a self-hosted community edition, built with Elixir/Phoenix, PostgreSQL, and ClickHouse.
Use cases
- replace google analytics with a privacy-friendly alternative
- track website traffic without cookies or consent banners
- self-host web analytics for gdpr compliance
- monitor real-time site visitors and traffic sources
- track conversion goals, funnels and outbound link clicks
- see which ai chatbots send traffic to my site
- share a public analytics dashboard for my website
When to choose
- you need simple, clutter-free traffic stats without complex report builders
- privacy compliance (GDPR, CCPA, PECR) matters and you want to avoid cookie banners
- you want a lightweight tracking script that keeps your site fast
- you prefer self-hosting or EU-hosted analytics infrastructure
When to avoid
- you need deep user-level, cross-device or session-replay tracking
- you rely on advanced Google Analytics integrations like Ads or full GA4 feature parity
- you need free unlimited hosting without running your own infrastructure
Facets
application · maturity stable
analytics self-hosted web-framework search-engine analytics web-development privacy self-hosted self-hosted cloud web-analytics google-analytics-alternative cookie-free gdpr-compliant elixir phoenix clickhouse postgresql dashboard agpl web-server docker linux
7 sources
- readme: https://github.com/plausible/analytics · fetched 2026-08-28 · fdd44e45c608
- homepage: https://plausible.io · fetched 2026-08-29 · 22cfe649aabc
- site_page: https://plausible.io/docs · fetched 2026-08-29 · c3919eeb8d04
- site_page: https://plausible.io/about · fetched 2026-08-29 · 843e1feff441
- site_page: https://plausible.io/features · fetched 2026-08-29 · e9724ee03238
- site_page: https://plausible.io/blog · fetched 2026-08-29 · c8a5bf297433
- site_page: https://plausible.io/changelog · fetched 2026-08-29 · 9559136cff52
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| plausible/analytics | main | 90 |
| plausible/community-edition | infra | 69 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="plausible/analytics")
Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00 · Report a problem