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Posthog isn't truly open source as the author claims. It's "too complex" to run natively and is only recommended for "hobby" projects. They basically say, yeah
by ilikerashers 3y ago
Posthog isn't truly open source as the author claims.
It's "too complex" to run natively and is only recommended for "hobby" projects. They basically say, yeah our source code is there but if you want to run it yourself, forget about it.
I was thinking of some clients I have that would benefit from this in their secure environments but was quickly chastened by their docs.
Fair enough, they have to make money but seems like the ole bait-n-switch method of customer acquisition.
- intelVISA 3y agoPosthog is a bit of a farce sadly. Don't hate the player, mind.
- volkandkaya 3y agoThey just kept adding features to the point where it became impossible to run on a "simple" stack. Is there any open source alternative that focuses just on product analytics?
- XCSme 3y agoNot open-source, but self-hosted, check out UXWizz[0], I try as much as possible to keep the features count to a minimum and work just on improving them instead of adding new ones. [0]: https://www.uxwizz.com/ https://www.uxwizz.com/
- XCSme 3y agoI keep saying this: open-source projects that promote self-hosting BUT earn their money by having their users NOT self-host their product (i.e. cloud offering), always end up crippling the open-source version or making it as hard to install as possible, especially if the product is built by a large corporation or VC-funded that requires constant growth.