Matomo

The leading free and open analytics platform, formerly Piwik, which you install on your own PHP and MySQL server as a full Google Analytics replacement.

22k stars, 2.9k forks PHP On GitHub since March 2011

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What is Matomo?

Matomo offers the depth of Google Analytics while you keep full ownership of the data: visits, acquisition channels, goals, ecommerce tracking, segments, custom reports and dashboards. You install it on your own web server with PHP and MySQL in a few minutes, copy the JavaScript tag into your sites, and data starts flowing. It can also import server logs and respects privacy settings such as Do Not Track and IP anonymization. Translations cover more than 50 languages.

Good fit if

  • You need detailed, GA-style reports while keeping data on your own servers.
  • You run on standard PHP hosting.
  • You need a tool with years of use in public institutions and large organizations.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want a simpler dashboard with fewer options: Plausible or Umami.
  • You analyze product usage per user: PostHog.

Before you adopt it

Matomo is GPL-3.0. Features such as heatmaps, session recordings and funnels come as paid premium plugins from the Matomo marketplace, outside this repository, and a hosted Matomo Cloud is available.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

Matomo health: is it still maintained?

81 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    322 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026.
    30 / 30
  • Contributors
    15 people wrote the latest 100 commits; the most active wrote 27% of them.
    16 / 20
  • Releases
    1 release in the last 12 months; the latest, 5.14.2, on 22 October 2026.
    14 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 73% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 4 days.
    13 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 8 of 10.
    8 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

Matomo license: is it open source?

Matomo uses GPL-3.0, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. March 2011First published on GitHub.
  2. TodayGPL-3.0.

How to run Matomo yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
None in the repository
Setup effort
Not rated: no compose file to judge from
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
No app builds in GitHub releases
Interface languages
58 languages

Install instructions: matomo.org or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about Matomo

Is Matomo open source?

Yes. Matomo is published under GPL-3.0, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is Matomo still maintained?

Its health score is 81 of 100 (actively developed). It had 322 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 31 October 2026, and its latest release came out on 22 October 2026.

How do I run Matomo?

You can run it with Docker. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to Matomo?

Close alternatives in the Web analytics category include Plausible, Rybbit, GoAccess.