Open source alternatives to Amplitude

2 projects on starwire do the same job. Ranked by how much of what Amplitude does each one covers, read from its README and website. Ties go to the most active.

What Amplitude does

  1. Event tracking from appscore
  2. Funnels and retention analysiscore
  3. User cohorts and segments
  4. Dashboards and charts
  5. Experiments and feature flags
  6. Session replay

Each dot in the table is one job, in this order. Square dots are core jobs and count double. Full means yes, half means partly. "See the evidence" under a project shows the line behind each one. Coverage is what a project documents, not how well it works or how hard it is to move to. How we score this

ProjectCoversStarsCommits, 12 weeksLast releaseClosed vs openedSetupLicense
posthogProduct analytics platform with session replay, feature flags and experiments Replaces it88%41k+94
19,161
today100% Hosted, free plan Custom license
Covers 1 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Funnels and retention analysis.See the evidence
  • Event tracking from appscoreYesAutocapture or manually instrument event-based analytics
  • Funnels and retention analysiscorePartlyAnalyze the signup → payment funnel
  • User cohorts and segmentsYesroll out features to select users or cohorts
  • Dashboards and chartsYesAnalyze your data with visualizations or SQL
  • Experiments and feature flagsYesFeature flags: Safely roll out features
  • Session replayYesWatch real user sessions from your website or mobile app
posthog-fossRead-only mirror of PostHog with proprietary code removed, synced automatically Replaces it75%731+3
19,162
NoneToo few Hosted, free plan MIT
Covers 0 of 2 core jobs. Partly: Event tracking from apps; Funnels and retention analysis.See the evidence
  • Event tracking from appscorePartlyAutocapture or manually instrument event-based analytics
  • Funnels and retention analysiscorePartlyTrack conversion, web vitals, and revenue.
  • User cohorts and segmentsYesroll out features to select users or cohorts
  • Dashboards and chartsYesAnalyze your data with visualizations or SQL
  • Experiments and feature flagsYesFeature flags: Safely roll out features
  • Session replayYesWatch real user sessions from your website or mobile app

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