# Plausible Analytics

Open source, privacy-first web analytics. Lightweight, cookie-free Google Analytics alternative. Self-hosted or cloud.

Repository: https://github.com/plausible/analytics
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plausible-analytics
Homepage: https://plausible.io
Language: Elixir
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: analytics, privacy, elixir, phoenix, postgresql, tailwindcss, clickhouse, plausible-analytics, google-analytics, web-analytics, website-stats, statistics, website-analytics, marketing, analytics-dashboard, open-source-analytics, privacy-friendly, self-hosted, simple-analytics, website-tracking
Last push: 2026-08-26T14:17:48+00:00
Link (homepage): https://plausible.io
Link (site_page): https://plausible.io/docs
Link (site_page): https://plausible.io/blog
Link (site_page): https://plausible.io/changelog
Link (site_page): https://plausible.io/about

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 72, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2829, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 110, "gap_med": 70.0, "n_releases_24m": 9}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 28762, forks 1817 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:52.803130+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: application
- maturity: stable
- function: analytics, self-hosted, web-framework, search-engine
- domain: analytics, web-development, privacy, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted, cloud
- tags: web-analytics, google-analytics-alternative, cookie-free, gdpr-compliant, elixir, phoenix, clickhouse, postgresql, dashboard, agpl, web-server, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- plausible/analytics (main) score 90
- plausible/community-edition (infra) score 69

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:52.803130+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T16:54:19.832115+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/plausible/analytics (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:52.803130+00:00, sha fdd44e45c608)
  - homepage: https://plausible.io (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:00.730916+00:00, sha 22cfe649aabc)
  - site_page: https://plausible.io/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:00.740475+00:00, sha c3919eeb8d04)
  - site_page: https://plausible.io/about (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:00.749831+00:00, sha 843e1feff441)
  - site_page: https://plausible.io/features (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:00.751640+00:00, sha e9724ee03238)
  - site_page: https://plausible.io/blog (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:00.742907+00:00, sha c8a5bf297433)
  - site_page: https://plausible.io/changelog (fetched 2026-08-29T07:51:00.746538+00:00, sha 9559136cff52)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.