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Open Web Analytics vs Ackee: catalog facts
Open Web Analytics	Ackee
Free Free and open source.	Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Self-hosted, so tracking data stays on your server Works for both websites and applications	No cookies and a multi-step anonymization process Unlimited domains from one installation
Requires a PHP server to run Little documentation of features on the homepage	Requires running a Node.js server and MongoDB yourself Deliberately minimal compared with marketing analytics suites
Self-hosted	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is 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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