Countly server by Countly
Countly is a privacy-first, AI-powered analytics and engagement platform for understanding and optimizing customer journeys across digital applications, from desktop and mobile to IoT and connected environments.
About Countly server
From the project's README at github.com/Countly/countly-server. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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Countly is a product analytics platform that helps teams track, analyze and act on their user actions and behaviour on mobile, web and desktop applications.
Countly is used to track 1.5B unique identities on more than 16,000 applications via 2,000+ servers worldwide. It securely processes billions of data points every day in the cloud and on-premises, enabling teams of all sizes to build better applications and engaging experiences while maintaining full control over their product analytics data flow. What are the Countly editions?
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 5.9k | github.com/Countly/countly-server |
| GitHub forks | 982 | github.com/Countly/countly-server |
| Docker Hub pulls | 506k | hub.docker.com / countly |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 14.1 years | since May 2012 |
| Last commit | 8 days ago | Jun 19, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 214 | last: 15 days ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
Replaces these paid SaaS
Countly server is one of the open-source alternatives to:
Ready to self-host Countly server?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed Jun 21, 2026.
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