openpanel

OpenPanel is an open-source web and product analytics platform, an open-source alternative to Mixpanel with optional self-hosting.

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OpenPanel is an open-source web and product analytics platform, an open-source alternative to Mixpanel with optional self-hosting.

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klaussilveira·May 21, 2024

This doesn't seem to be buffering inserts to ClickHouse: https://github.com/Openpanel-dev/openpanel/blob/c90848765a6a... So any major website will have problems with it. I would suggest moving this into a stream (NATS, Kafka) or just having some sort of service that buffers events, then offloads to Clickhouse in batch.

In Show HN: Openpanel – An open-source alternative to Mixpanel

lindesvard·May 21, 2024Submission

Show HN: Openpanel – An open-source alternative to Mixpanel

I have created an open-source alternative to Mixpanel and will explain a bit about why I decided to do this. Mixpanel is a GREAT tool and quite easy to understand (compared to GA4 and similar). I have used Mixpanel extensively for one of my React Native apps, but the last invoice was $300, which was way over my budget. I think I was paying for MTU (monthly tracked users), which was around 7000-10k users. However, a downside of Mixpanel is that it is purely a product analytics tool; you don't get any basic web analytics similar to what GA4 or Plausible offers. Therefore, I have combined the best features of Mixpanel and Plausible to create what I believe is the ultimate experience in an analytics tool (product and web). The focus has always been: it should be easy yet also powerful. This has been a challenging balance, but I think I have m

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anaged to keep it somewhat simple. Key Features: - Privacy-first - Visualize your events like Mixpanel - Plausible-like overview - Self-hostable - Better support for React Native than Plausible - Real-time (no delays for events) Ability to access all individual events and sessions It's currently in beta and completely free during the beta period. Give it a spin: https://openpanel.dev

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