Matomo
Web analytics that protects your data and your customers' privacy (alternative to Google Analytics).
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Still maintained? Yes: 308 commits in the last 90 days, latest release 5.14.2 (Oct 2026).
Also an alternative to Google Analytics, Amplitude, Mixpanel, Hotjar and Segment.
At a glance
Matomo quick facts
- Health score
- 87/100 GOOD
- Stars
- 21,986
- Last commit
- today (Oct 2026)
- Latest release
- 5.14.2, Oct 2026
- Licence
- GPL-3.0
Top alternatives to Matomo
Full rankings: Google Analytics alternatives, Amplitude alternatives, Mixpanel alternatives
In its own words
The project's README opens: "Matomo is the leading Free/Libre open analytics platform."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Matomo scores 87/100, #19 of 33 in Analytics: 308 commits in the last 90 days earn 35.0 of 35 points, the latest release (5.14.2, 8 days ago) earns 25.0 of 25, 21,986 stars add 17.4 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the good band (70 and above). The biggest shortfall is Docker support, worth 10.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity 35.0 / 35
308 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 25.0 / 25
5.14.2 released 8 days ago
- Stars 17.4 / 20
22k stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support biggest shortfall 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 308
- Last 90 days
- 1,055
- Last 12 months
- today
- Last push
Ranked #19 of 33 tools in Analytics by health , between ANALOG (#18) and d8a.tech (#20) .
Details
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Platforms | PHP |
| Latest release | 5.14.2 · 8 days ago |
| Stars | 21,986 |
| Open issues | 2,434 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | matomo-org/matomo ↗ |
Matomo vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a comparison page or a category with Matomo (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 |
| Plausible Analytics | 88 | 30k | AGPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| PostHog | 88 | 41k | MIT | today |
| Matomo (this tool) | 87 | 22k | GPL-3.0 | today |
Matomo: common questions
What does Matomo replace?
Repoly lists Matomo as an open-source alternative to Google Analytics, Amplitude, Mixpanel, Hotjar and Segment. Each comparison page ranks every alternative by the same health score, so you can see where Matomo stands against the others.
Is Matomo still maintained?
Matomo had 308 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was today; the latest tagged release, 5.14.2, is from 8 days ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.