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Ackee vs Shynet: catalog facts
Ackee	Shynet
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
No cookies and a multi-step anonymization process Unlimited domains from one installation	Data stays on your own server Works without cookies and without JavaScript
Requires running a Node.js server and MongoDB yourself Deliberately minimal compared with marketing analytics suites	Requires running and maintaining your own server No hosted version to sign up for
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: Apache-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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