Metabase
Web AnalyticsOpen-source business intelligence and dashboards
Replaces Tableau, Looker
Best PostgreSQL Web Analytics for self-hosting
The 5 best PostgreSQL web analytics you can self-host, ranked by community traction.
PostHog
Web AnalyticsOpen-source product analytics platform
Replaces Google Analytics, Mixpanel
Umami
Web AnalyticsSimple, fast, privacy-focused web analytics
Replaces Google Analytics
Redash
Web AnalyticsConnect, query, visualize, and share your data
Replaces Tableau, Mode Analytics
Rakam Analytics
Web AnalyticsCustom analytics platform with SQL on event data
Replaces Mixpanel, Amplitude
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At a glance
| App | Deploy effort | Difficulty | Min. RAM | License | ★ Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Metabase | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | AGPL-3.0 | 49,648 |
| PostHog | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 4,096 MB | MIT | 40,270 |
| Umami | Under-an-hour setup | Easy | 512 MB | MIT | 39,354 |
| Redash | Under-an-hour setup | Medium | 2,048 MB | BSD-2-Clause | 28,832 |
| Rakam Analytics | Under-an-hour setup | Hard | 2,048 MB | Apache-2.0 | 790 |
Quick picks
- Most adopted: Metabase (49,648 GitHub stars).
- Lightest footprint: Umami (from 512 MB RAM, against 4,096 MB for the heaviest here).
- Licensing: 2 of 5 use MIT; check the rest individually if you plan to modify and redistribute.
Every option here is open-source and self-hostable, tagged PostgreSQL within the web analytics category. Deploy effort is graded from published container recipes, not vendor claims — see the methodology.