Matomo
Web analytics that protects your data and your customers' privacy (alternative to Google Analytics).
- Analytics
- PHP
- GPL-3.0
- Actively maintained
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 21,925
- Forks
- 2,904
- Open issues
- 2,412
- Commits, last 12 months
- 954
- Last commit
- Oct 6, 2026
- Latest release
- 5.14.1Oct 4, 2026
- Created
- Mar 30, 2011
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About Matomo
Web analytics that protects your data and your customers' privacy (alternative to Google Analytics). Matomo is open source under the GPL-3.0 license and written mainly in PHP, so you can read the code, run it on your own hardware and keep full control of your data.
The project has 21,925 stars and 2,904 forks on GitHub, with 954 commits over the last year. It installs natively rather than through an official Docker image, so plan for a short manual setup.
Topics
- analytics
- php
- piwik
- log
- website
- privacy
- mobile
- intranet
- web-analytics
- marketing
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What is Matomo?
Matomo is a free, open-source app you can host on your own server, listed in our Analytics category. Web analytics that protects your data and your customers' privacy (alternative to Google Analytics). The source code lives at github.com/matomo-org/matomo, where it has 21,925 stars.
Is Matomo free and open source?
Yes. Matomo is open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Matomo with Docker?
Matomo does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (PHP), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Matomo?
Popular open-source alternatives to Matomo include Superset, Metabase and PostHog. Matomo itself is a self-hosted alternative to Google Analytics.
Is Matomo actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Matomo was on Oct 6, 2026 with 954 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 5.14.1, published Oct 4, 2026. Check the open issues on GitHub to gauge how quickly maintainers respond.