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Git-Analytics vs PostHog
Product analytics for user events, not source-code history
Git-AnalyticsAdvanced analytics for Git repositories — commits, authors, code churn, lines of code, trends, and visual dashboards.
PostHogProduct analytics, session replay and feature flagsWhich to pick
Pick Git-Analytics if you want…
- Git repository visual analytics
- A free, open-source tool
Pick PostHog if you want…
- Unified product analytics with AI assistance
- Product usage tracking
Side by side
- What it is
- Git-Analytics:Git-Analytics is an open-source tool that visualizes and analyzes Git repository history with dashboards and metrics.
- PostHog:PostHog is an all-in-one product analytics platform with session replay, error tracking, feature flags and AI-driven insights.
- Best for
- Git-Analytics:Git repository visual analytics
- PostHog:Unified product analytics with AI assistance
- Who it’s for
- Git-Analytics:Developers and teams who want private, on-prem insights into their codebase.
- PostHog:Product teams and engineers who need analytics, monitoring and automated issue resolution.
- Pricing
- Git-Analytics:Open source
- PostHog:Freemium
- Plans
- Git-Analytics:—
- PostHog:Free $0 · Pay-as-you-go $0 per month · Platform packages $0
- Open source
- Git-Analytics:Yes, 37 GitHub stars
- PostHog:Yes, 40,071 GitHub stars
- Works with
- Git-Analytics:—
- PostHog:Stripe, GitHub, Google Ads, Postgres, HubSpot, Zendesk, Linear, Slack
Git-Analytics features
- Contributor commit visualization. Shows each author’s commit count in interactive charts.
- Added vs deleted lines per author. Charts code churn by author, highlighting contributions.
- Commit type breakdown. Classifies commits (fix, feature, test, docs, etc.) for deeper analysis.
- Time-based heatmaps. Displays commit activity by hour, day of week, and day of month with drill-down.
- Code size evolution graph. Tracks repository size changes over time.
- Self-hosted deployment. Runs locally with two terminal commands, keeping data private.
PostHog features
- Product Analytics. Capture, store and query events with a free tier of 1 M events per month.
- Session Replay. Record user sessions (5 K free recordings) and surface dead clicks or crashes.
- Error Tracking. Collect exceptions and stack traces, grouped into actionable issues.
- Feature Flags & Experiments. Toggle features and run A/B tests with 1 M free flag requests per month.
- AI Observability. Ask natural-language questions; AI generates diagnostics and pull-request suggestions.
- Managed Data Warehouse. Store raw events, rows and logs; query via SQL or BI tools.
- Workflows & Inbox. Automated agents create PRs, prioritize findings and route tickets to GitHub, Zendesk, etc.
- Integrations. Ingest data from 120+ sources like Stripe, Postgres, HubSpot, Google Ads and more.
Git-Analytics vs PostHog FAQ
Is Git-Analytics or PostHog free?+
Git-Analytics is free and open source. PostHog has a free plan and paid plans.
Is Git-Analytics or PostHog open source?+
Yes, both are open source: Git-Analytics (n0rfas/git-analytics on GitHub, MIT license) and PostHog (PostHog/posthog on GitHub).
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