- Docs - Using PostHog - Roadmap - Bug report + Docs - Community - Roadmap - Changelog - Bug reports
-## PostHog is an open-source suite of product and data tools, built for engineers +## PostHog is an all-in-one, open source platform for building better products - Specify events manually, or use autocapture to get started quickly -- Analyze your data with visualizations and session recordings -- Improve your product with A/B testing and feature flags -- Keep control over your data by deploying PostHog on your infrastructure -- Use apps to connect to external services and manage data flows +- Analyze data with ready-made visualizations, or do it yourself with SQL +- Gather insights by capturing session replays, console logs, and network monitoring +- Improve your product with A/B testing that automatically analyzes performance +- Safely roll out features to select users or cohorts with feature flags +- Connect to external services and manage data flows with PostHog CDP +PostHog is available with hosting in the EU or US and is fully SOC 2 compliant. It's free to get started and your first 1 million events (and 15k replays) are free every month. We're constantly adding new features, such as user surveys! ## Table of Contents @@ -35,49 +37,49 @@ ## Get started for free -### PostHog Cloud +### PostHog Cloud (Recommended) -The fastest and most reliable way to get started with PostHog is signing up for free to [PostHog Cloud](https://app.posthog.com/signup) or [PostHog Cloud EU](https://eu.posthog.com/signup) +The fastest and most reliable way to get started with PostHog is signing up for free to [PostHog Cloud](https://app.posthog.com/signup) or [PostHog Cloud EU](https://eu.posthog.com/signup). Your first 1 million events (and 15k replays) are free every month, after which you pay based on usage. -### Open-source hobby deploy - -Deploy a hobby instance in one line on Linux with Docker (recommended 4GB memory): +### Open-source hobby deploy (Advanced) +You can deploy a hobby instance in one line on Linux with Docker (recommended 4GB memory): ```bash /bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/posthog/posthog/HEAD/bin/deploy-hobby)" ``` -Good for <100K events ingested monthly. See our [docs for more info and limitations](https://posthog.com/docs/self-host/open-source/deployment). +Open source deployments should scale to approximately 100k events per month, after which we recommend migrating to a PostHog Cloud instance. See our [docs for more info and limitations](https://posthog.com/docs/self-host/open-source/deployment). ## Features  +Want to find out more? Request a demo! -We bring together all the tools and data in one place to help you build better products +PostHog brings all the tools and data you need to build better products. -### Product analytics and optimization +### Analytics and optimization tools -- **Event-based analytics:** capture your product's usage [automatically](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate/client/js#autocapture), or [customize](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate) it to your needs -- **User and group tracking:** understand the [people](https://posthog.com/manual/persons) and [groups](https://posthog.com/manual/group-analytics) behind the events and track properties about them -- **Data visualizations:** create and share [graphs](https://posthog.com/docs/features/trends), [funnels](https://posthog.com/docs/features/funnels), [paths](https://posthog.com/docs/features/paths), [retention](https://posthog.com/docs/features/retention), and [dashboards](https://posthog.com/docs/features/dashboards) -- **Session recording:** [watch videos](https://posthog.com/docs/features/session-recording) of your users' behavior, with fine-grained filters and privacy controls -- **Heatmaps:** see where users are using your product with the [PostHog Toolbar](https://posthog.com/docs/features/toolbar) -- **Feature flags:** test and manage the rollout of new features, target specific users and groups -- **A/B and multi-variate testing:** run simple or complex changes as [experiments](https://posthog.com/manual/experimentation) and get automatic significance calculations -- **Correlation analysis:** discover what events and properties [correlate](https://posthog.com/manual/correlation) with success and failure +- **Event-based analytics:** Capture your product's usage [automatically](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate/client/js#autocapture), or [customize](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate) it to your needs +- **User and group tracking:** Understand the [people](https://posthog.com/manual/persons) and [groups](https://posthog.com/manual/group-analytics) behind the events and track properties about them +- **Data visualizations:** Create and share [graphs](https://posthog.com/docs/features/trends), [funnels](https://posthog.com/docs/features/funnels), [paths](https://posthog.com/docs/features/paths), [retention](https://posthog.com/docs/features/retention), and [dashboards](https://posthog.com/docs/features/dashboards) +- **SQL access:** Use SQL to get a deeper understanding of your users, breakdown information and create completely tailored visualizations +- **Session replays:** [Watch videos](https://posthog.com/docs/features/session-recording) of your users' behavior, with fine-grained filters and privacy controls, as well as network monitoring and captured console logs +- **Heatmaps:** See where users click and get a visual representation of their behaviour with the [PostHog Toolbar](https://posthog.com/docs/features/toolbar) +- **Feature flags:** Test and manage the rollout of new features to specific users and groups, or deploy flags as kill-switches +- **A/B and multivariate experimentation:** run simple or complex changes as [experiments](https://posthog.com/manual/experimentation) and get automatic significance calculations +- **Correlation analysis:** Discover what events and properties [correlate](https://posthog.com/manual/correlation) with success and failure ### Data and infrastructure tools -- **Complete control over your data:** [host it yourself](https://posthog.com/docs/self-host/overview#deploy) on any infrastructure -- **Import and export your data:** import from and export to the services that matter to you with [apps](https://posthog.com/apps) -- **Ready-made libraries:** we’ve built libraries for [JavaScript](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/js-integration), [Python](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/python-integration), [Ruby](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/ruby-integration), [Node](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/node-integration), [Go](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/go-integration), [Android](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/android-integration), [iOS](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/ios-integration), [PHP](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/php-integration), [Flutter](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/flutter-integration), [React Native](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/react-native-integration), [Elixir](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/elixir-integration), [Nim](https://github.com/Yardanico/posthog-nim), and an [API](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/api) for anything else +- **Import and export your data:** Import from and export to the services that matter to you with [the PostHog CDP](https://posthog.com/docs/cdp) +- **Ready-made libraries:** We’ve built libraries for [JavaScript](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/js-integration), [Python](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/python-integration), [Ruby](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/ruby-integration), [Node](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/node-integration), [Go](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/go-integration), [Android](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/android-integration), [iOS](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/ios-integration), [PHP](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/php-integration), [Flutter](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/flutter-integration), [React Native](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/react-native-integration), [Elixir](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/elixir-integration), [Nim](https://github.com/Yardanico/posthog-nim), and an [API](https://posthog.com/docs/integrations/api) for anything else - **Plays nicely with data warehouses:** import events or user data from your warehouse by writing a simple transformation plugin, and export data with pre-built apps - such as [BigQuery](https://posthog.com/apps/bigquery-export), [Redshift](https://posthog.com/apps/redshift-export), [Snowflake](https://posthog.com/apps/snowflake-export), and [S3](https://posthog.com/apps/s3-expo) [Read a full list of PostHog features](https://posthog.com/product). ## Docs and support -Read how to [deploy](https://posthog.com/docs/self-host), [integrate](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate), and [extend](https://posthog.com/docs/apps) PostHog in our [documentation](https://posthog.com/docs). +Read how to [integrate](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate), and [extend](https://posthog.com/docs/apps) an open-source 'Hobby' deployment of PostHog in our [documentation](https://posthog.com/docs). Check out our [tutorials](https://posthog.com/docs/apps) for step-by-step guides, how-to's, and best practices. @@ -109,7 +111,7 @@ This repo is available under the [MIT expat license](https://github.com/PostHog/ Need *absolutely 💯% FOSS*? Check out our [posthog-foss](https://github.com/PostHog/posthog-foss) repository, which is purged of all proprietary code and features. -Using premium features (contained in the `ee` directory) with a self-hosted instance require a PostHog license. To learn more, [book a demo](https://posthog.com/book-a-demo) or see our [pricing page](https://posthog.com/pricing). +To learn more, [book a demo](https://posthog.com/book-a-demo) or see our [pricing page](https://posthog.com/pricing). ### We’re hiring!