PostHog

PostHog is an open-source software that combines tools such as product analytics, session recording, feature flags, A/B tests, and bug tracking on a single platform. Data warehouse integration allows to analyze user behavior and automate product development processes with features such as data processing lines and AI observability. The platform is cloud-based or configured to be hosted on your own server.

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PostHog · Feature Flags & A/B Testing

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What can it do?
  • You study user behavior in detail with session replays and event-based analytics tools.
  • Through feature flags and experiments, you measure the statistical effects of new developments in a controlled way.
  • You monitor and report application performance with error tracking, log management, and data warehouse integrations.
Heads up
  • • High number of open issues (5,119)
User reviews
  • • NeutralHacker News

    Launch HN: PostHog (YC W20) – open-source product analytics

    “I'm curious as to how you plan to scale PostHog to larger users. As the person who scaled Heap, here is my honest opinion of this. I think there is going to be a huge challenge ahead in scaling query performance. This was perpetually a challenge at Heap and was for a long time…”

  • ↑ PositiveHacker News

    Launch HN: PostHog (YC W20) – open-source product analytics

    “Just yesterday I discussed a blog post that I have on my mind, with somebody from dbt, on the rise of the open source analytics stack. there's a bunch of great hosted tools out there, across ETL, workflows, dashboards, etc. Think Fivetran, Segment, Matillion, Periscope, etc. And…”

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