GoatCounter
Easy web statistics without tracking of personal data.
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Still maintained? Yes: 21 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.7.0 (Dec 2025).
Also an alternative to Google Analytics.
At a glance
GoatCounter quick facts
- Health score
- 68/100 SLOWING
- Stars
- 6,123
- Last commit
- 1 month ago (Sep 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.7.0, Dec 2025
- Licence
- EUPL-1.2
Top alternatives to GoatCounter
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "GoatCounter is an open source web analytics platform available as a (free) hosted service or self-hosted app. It aims to offer easy to use and meaningful privacy-friendly web analytics as an alternative to Google Analytics or Matomo."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
GoatCounter scores 68/100, #22 of 33 in Analytics: 21 commits in the last 90 days earn 24.5 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.7.0, 11 months ago) earns 18.5 of 25, 6,123 stars add 15.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the slowing band (40 to 69). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 10.5 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 24.5 / 35
21 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 18.5 / 25
v2.7.0 released 11 months ago
- Stars 15.1 / 20
6.1k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 21
- Last 90 days
- 178
- Last 12 months
- 1 month ago
- Last push
Ranked #22 of 33 tools in Analytics by health , between Daily Stars Explorer (#21) and GoAccess (#23) .
Details
| Licence | EUPL-1.2 |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | v2.7.0 · 11 months ago |
| Stars | 6,123 |
| Open issues | 44 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | arp242/goatcounter ↗ |
GoatCounter vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with GoatCounter (Analytics), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Umami | 98 | 40k | MIT | yesterday |
| Rybbit | 96 | 13k | AGPL-3.0 | 4 days ago |
| Countly Community Edition | 95 | 5.9k | AGPL-3.0 | today |
| HitKeep | 88 | 102 | MIT | 2 days ago |
| GoatCounter (this tool) | 68 | 6.1k | EUPL-1.2 | 1 month ago |
| AWStats | 34 | 439 | GPL-3.0 | 12 months ago |
GoatCounter: common questions
What does GoatCounter replace?
Repoly lists GoatCounter as an open-source alternative to Google Analytics. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where GoatCounter stands against the others.
Is GoatCounter still maintained?
GoatCounter had 21 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 1 month ago; the latest tagged release, v2.7.0, is from 11 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.