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Self-Hosting

Running analytics on your own infrastructure: Docker deployment, migrating off Google Analytics, sizing a server for your traffic, and the operational work self-hosting actually involves once the first deploy is done.

4 guides on self-hosting.

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Matomo Alternative: Lighter Self-Hosted Analytics

Comparing Matomo and InsightsTrack — feature breadth vs operational weight, MySQL vs columnar reads, licensing, and when Matomo is still the better fit.

Aug 24, 2026Updated Sep 1, 20268 min readRead

PostHog Alternative: A Lighter Self-Hosted Option (Honest Comparison)

Looking for a PostHog alternative? An honest comparison of features, operational cost, and licensing — including when PostHog is still the right choice.

Aug 20, 20269 min readRead

Building an Analytics Data Warehouse on a Single Server

How to run a complete analytics warehouse — ingestion, transformation, rollups, tiered storage, and BI — on one machine, and the signals that mean it is time to scale out.

Aug 16, 20268 min readRead

How to Self-Host Web Analytics with Docker in 15 Minutes

A step-by-step guide to self-hosting privacy-first web analytics with Docker. Spin up the full stack — database, API, and dashboard — with one command.

Jun 24, 20264 min readRead