HitKeep
Privacy-first web analytics with goals, funnels, ecommerce tracking, and team management in a single binary with embedded DuckDB (alternative to Google Analytics, Plausible, Umami).
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Still maintained? Yes: 183 commits in the last 90 days, latest release v2.15.1 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Google Analytics.
At a glance
HitKeep quick facts
- Health score
- 88/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 102
- Last commit
- 2 days ago (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- v2.15.1, Oct 2026
- Licence
- MIT
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "AI native, sovereign, privacy-first web analytics in one binary."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
HitKeep scores 88/100, #14 of 33 in Analytics: 183 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v2.15.1, 2 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 102 stars add 8.1 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and Docker support adds the final 10. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is star count, worth 11.9 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
183 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
v2.15.1 released 2 days ago
- Stars biggest shortfall 8.1 / 20
102 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 10.0 / 10
Docker image or Compose file available
Commit activity
- 183
- Last 90 days
- 762
- Last 12 months
- 2 days ago
- Last push
Ranked #14 of 33 tools in Analytics by health , between Liwan (#13) and Netron (#15) .
Details
| Licence | MIT |
| Platforms | Go, Docker |
| Latest release | v2.15.1 · 2 days ago |
| Stars | 102 |
| Open issues | 5 |
| Docker | Yes |
| Repository | pascalebeier/hitkeep ↗ |
HitKeep vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with HitKeep (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 (this tool) | 88 | 102 | MIT | 2 days ago |
| Matomo | 87 | 22k | GPL-3.0 | today |
| Swetrix | 30 | 76 | AGPL-3.0 | 2 months ago |
HitKeep: common questions
What does HitKeep replace?
Repoly lists HitKeep as an open-source alternative to Google Analytics. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where HitKeep stands against the others.
Is HitKeep still maintained?
HitKeep had 183 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 2 days ago; the latest tagged release, v2.15.1, is from 2 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.
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