Self-host Swetrix

updated Sep 2026prices checked · Jul 2026

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A cookieless, privacy-first Google Analytics alternative whose Community Edition bundles more than traffic: custom events, sessions and user flows, funnels, real-user performance monitoring and error tracking, with session replays available if you attach S3-compatible storage. The tracker script is under 5 KB. Licensed AGPL-3.0; the self-hosting repo's compose file runs the frontend, API, Redis and ClickHouse behind an nginx proxy. Alerts, email reports and the revenue/experiments/AI features are cloud-only.

Key facts

CategoryWeb analytics

LicenseAGPL-3.0

StackTypeScript, Nest.js, ClickHouse, Redis

Min RAM2048 MB

Official imageyes

Difficulty

Sourcegithub.com/Swetrix/swetrix

Websiteswetrix.com

Our recommendation

Pick Swetrix when you want a cookieless Google Analytics replacement that also watches page performance and captures errors, in a compose file the project maintains for you — frontend, API, Redis and ClickHouse behind an nginx proxy. Read its Cloud-vs-Community table first: the self-hosted edition keeps traffic, events, sessions, funnels, performance and errors, and gives up alerts, email reports and the revenue/experiments/AI features.

What you need

Any VPS with at least 2048 MB of RAM
A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
Under an hour if you've used Docker before

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Install

Run these commands on your server:

# Swetrix Community Edition — the project's selfhosting repo: configure.sh writes .env, compose.yaml runs frontend + API + Redis + ClickHouse behind nginx on :80
git clone https://github.com/swetrix/selfhosting
cd selfhosting
./configure.sh    # asks for the public URL (BASE_URL), generates SECRET_KEY_BASE and the ClickHouse password, writes DISABLE_REGISTRATION=true
docker compose up -d   #  →  the BASE_URL you entered (nginx on port 80); the first sign-up is allowed despite DISABLE_REGISTRATION

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What you take on

Swetrix is unusually clear about what the Community Edition leaves out, so the caveats are mostly its own words:

non-negotiableCloud-only, per the README's comparison table: revenue, experiments and AI features; alerts and notifications; weekly/monthly email reports. Teams are limited to direct project invites, password-protected links and public projects.

non-negotiableSession replays work in the Community Edition but require S3-compatible storage you provide (the SESSION_REPLAY_S3_* variables).

non-negotiableGeolocation in the Community Edition uses the DB-IP City Lite database (country/region/city only). The network panel — ISP, organisation, usage type — needs a paid MaxMind or DB-IP database pointed to by IP_GEOLOCATION_DB_PATH.

non-negotiableThe docs recommend at least 2 GB of RAM and support x86_64 or arm64. The compose file publishes only port 80; put your own TLS-terminating proxy in front for HTTPS.

non-negotiableconfigure.sh writes DISABLE_REGISTRATION=true into .env. Per the configuration docs that flag exempts the initial user, so your first sign-up works — but nobody else can register afterwards unless you flip it.