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Open source alternatives to Hotjar

We track 3 open-source Hotjar alternatives, of which 3 currently score 70 or above on Repoly's GitHub health scale and 1 ship a Docker image. Umami leads on health at 98/100 with 234 commits in the last 90 days; across all 3 projects you are choosing between GPL-3.0, MIT.

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100k
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All 3 Hotjar alternatives, ranked by health

  • Top pick · highest health

    Umami

    98 GOOD

    Simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics.

    ★ 39k · ⟳ today · v3.3.1 · MIT

    DockerNodejs
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • PostHog

    88 GOOD

    Product analytics, session recording, feature flagging and a/b testing that you can self-host (alternative to Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap, HotJar, Optimizely).

    ★ 40k · ⟳ today · desktop-v0.61.408 · MIT

    Python
    Website ↗ Source ↗

  • Matomo

    87 GOOD

    Web analytics that protects your data and your customers' privacy (alternative to Google Analytics).

    ★ 22k · ⟳ today · 5.13.0 · GPL-3.0

    PHP
    Website ↗ Source ↗

Hotjar alternatives: common questions

What is the most maintained open source alternative to Hotjar?

Umami scores highest at 98/100, with 234 commits in the last 90 days, 39k GitHub stars and its latest release (v3.3.1) published 25 days ago. PostHog has the most raw commit activity at 12186 commits in 90 days.

Which Hotjar alternatives use a permissive licence?

2 of 3 are permissively licensed (MIT, Apache, BSD or similar): Umami (MIT), PostHog (MIT). 1 use copyleft licences such as GPL or AGPL, which require you to publish changes if you distribute a modified version.

Which Hotjar alternatives run in Docker?

1 of 3 publish a Docker image or Compose file: Umami. Docker support contributes 10 of the 100 available health points, because it is the clearest signal that self-hosting is a supported path rather than an afterthought.