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:hedgehog: PostHog is the leading platform for building self-driving products. Our developer tools – AI observability, analytics, session replay, flags, experiments, error tracking, logs, and more – capture all the context agents need to diagnose problems, uncover opportunities, and ship fixes. Steer it all from Slack, web, desktop, or the MCP.

70 mentions on Hacker News by 35 people: 5 stories, 65 comments · first 2020-02-20 · latest 2026-07-09

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  1. My assumption is that its based on that repo but with the "ee/" folder removed, per https://github.com/PostHog/posthog#open-source-vs-paid Presumably so folks can be sure they're not accidentally pulling in proprietary code.
    comment by lfittl · 2026-07-09 · in PostHog FOSS
  2. Does anyone know what the context for this is? Because https://github.com/PostHog/posthog exists as well
    comment by thatxliner · 2026-07-09 · in PostHog FOSS
  3. …significantly, and we have similar IP-based filtering throughout our backend services. [0] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/pull/25398 [1] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/commit/281af615b4874da1b8...
    comment by piccirello · 2025-12-18 · in Inside PostHog: SSRF, ClickHouse SQL Escape and Default Postgres Creds to RCE
  4. …of your questions it wasn't GitHub Actions' fault. This is the vulnerable workflow in question: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/blob/c60544bc1c07deecf336... > Why are actions configured per branch? This workflow uses…
    comment by black3r · 2025-11-30 · in Post-mortem of Shai-Hulud attack on November 24th, 2025
  5. Here's the PR that introduced the vulnerability: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/pull/37915
    comment by helpfulrobot · 2025-11-29 · in Post-mortem of Shai-Hulud attack on November 24th, 2025
  6. …self host (mostly corporate shitholes), rybbit can milk them with their managed SaaS product. [1] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog?tab=readme-ov-file#self-h... [2] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog?tab=readme-ov-file#open-s... [3]…
    comment by xyst · 2025-05-07 · in RybbitL Open source Google Analytics replacement
  7. …there certainly is information about effort at the code level. Consider for example these two PRs: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/pull/23858 and https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pull/209557 . It's pretty easy to tell which one was…
    comment by adchurch · 2024-11-20 · in Show HN: Weave - actually measure engineering productivity
  8. …Here are some example open source PRs and their output metrics calculated by our algorithm: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/pull/25056 : 15.266 (Adds backend, frontend, and tests for a new feature) https://github.com/microsoft/vscode/pul…
    comment by adchurch · 2024-11-20 · in Show HN: Weave - actually measure engineering productivity
  9. …w.github.com/langflow-ai/langflow/pull/4520 17 https://www.github.com/exo-explore/exo/pull/432 18 https://www.github.com/PostHog/posthog/pull/26144 19 https://www.github.com/PrefectHQ/prefect/pull/15987 20…
    comment by dhx · 2024-11-13 · in Backdoor attempt on Exolabs GitHub repo through an innocent looking PR
  10. …[2]: https://github.com/calcom/cal.com/blob/main/packages/feature... [3]: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/blob/master/ee/LICENSE [4]: https://github.com/sidekiq/sidekiq/blob/main/COMM-LICENSE.tx...
    comment by ezekg · 2024-09-10 · in Going open-source as a VC-Backed company
  11. It seems that PostHog just always loads the latest version of this piece of itself: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/24471#issuecomment... Though you can opt to bundle it yourself: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/24471#is…
    comment by roywiggins · 2024-08-20 · in The anatomy of a 2AM mental breakdown
  12. …We've recently improved some of our tooling around this so should be easier for us to ship. [0] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/17031
    comment by timgl · 2024-06-03 · in Posthog – open-source analytics and UX research tool
  13. …more sense to use our JS snippet. Hijacking this comment to share the roadmap for web analytics https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/18547 . It's very much in the launch-early-and-be-embarassed phase, but I would love to hear any…
    comment by robbie-c · 2023-12-15 · in Using analytics on my website
  14. …of hosting and maintenance responsibilities. [1] https://plausible.io/blog/open-source-licenses [2] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/blob/master/LICENSE
    comment by iammukunthan · 2023-06-03 · in Ask HN: If we make it open source, how do we monetize it?
  15. repos sitting in my Bookmarks. * https://github.com/docker/awesome-compose * https://github.com/PostHog/posthog * https://github.com/growthbook/growthbook * https://github.com/fleetdm/fleet Supposedly, One can search github using…
    comment by perlwle · 2023-02-26 · in Awesome Docker Compose Examples
  16. I don't know about free, but PostHog. https://posthog.com You can deploy it on-premises https://github.com/PostHog/posthog
    comment by Jugurtha · 2022-10-21 · in Free Alternative to Google Analytics
  17. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2022-10-03 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2022)
  18. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by fuziontech · 2022-09-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2022)
  19. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by fuziontech · 2022-08-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2022)
  20. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by fuziontech · 2022-07-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2022)
  21. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by fuziontech · 2022-06-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2022)
  22. …if this picks up or not. I can't unfortunately link Kea from redux.js.org to drive traffic :). [1] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/301 -- the magic of working in an open source company is that we can post stuff like this. We're…
    comment by mariusandra · 2022-05-12 · in Kea 3.0 – State Management via Logic Builders
  23. Looks promising! Personally, I am a happy user of PostHog (gitHub.com/posthog/posthog) which also supports experimentation and feature flags alongside product analytics.
    comment by wdb · 2022-03-02 · in Launch HN: GrowthBook (YC W22) – Open-source feature flagging and A/B testing
  24. Posthog[1] is an excellent alternative to Google Analytics that should be in that list. [1] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog
    comment by wanderingmind · 2022-02-27 · in Open source alternatives to popular SaaS products
  25. …The default setup is geared towards large scale deployments. Edit: The base docker compose is: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/blob/master/docker-compos...
    comment by sergioisidoro · 2022-01-13 · in Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?
  26. PostHog: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog if you want to deploy it yourself and https://posthog.com if you want the SaaS. I was using Avodocs ( https://www.avodocs.com ) to produce a privacy policy for our MLOps platform, https://iko.ai…
    comment by Jugurtha · 2022-01-12 · in Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?
  27. PostHog: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog if you want to deploy it yourself and https://posthog.com if you want the SaaS. I was using Avodocs ( https://www.avodocs.com ) to produce a privacy policy for our MLOps platform, https://iko.ai…
    comment by Jugurtha · 2021-12-07 · in Ask HN: How do you do website tracking without feeling you're selling your soul?
  28. PostHog https://posthog.com/ https://github.com/PostHog/posthog
    comment by Jugurtha · 2021-11-17 · in Ask HN: What are you using for web analytics?
  29. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2021-11-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2021)
  30. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2021-09-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2021)
  31. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by fuziontech · 2021-08-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2021)
  32. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by fuziontech · 2021-07-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2021)
  33. I recall seeing kea throughout the PostHog codebase. https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/search?q=kea&type=code
    comment by tomnipotent · 2021-05-07 · in Kea: Production Ready React State Management
  34. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by fuziontech · 2021-05-03 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2021)
  35. …p.s. PostHog is really cool - check it out: https://posthog.com/docs#philosophy , https://github.com/PostHog/posthog
    comment by andrewm4894 · 2021-04-21 · in Netdata: Open-source real-time monitoring platform
  36. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2021-04-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2021)
  37. PostHog[0][1]. - [0]: https://posthog.com - [1]: https://github.com/posthog/posthog
    comment by Jugurtha · 2021-03-27 · in Ask HN: Analytics for static sites, what's easy and privacy conscious?
  38. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2021-03-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2021)
  39. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2021-02-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2021)
  40. …to "source-available" [1] instead :) [0] https://archive.is/66opo#selection-118.161-118.162 [1] https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/blob/master/ee/LICENSE
    comment by ignoramous · 2021-01-22 · in A story about pivots
  41. …and recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email us careers@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2021-01-04 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2021)
  42. …[0] (They're also open-source and provide a self-hosted solution. [1]) [0] https://posthog.com/ [1] https://github.com/posthog/posthog
    comment by areichert · 2020-12-10 · in A guide to product analytics tools for startups
  43. …recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email me directly, tim@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2020-12-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (December 2020)
  44. …of the product is the better interface. Adjust accordingly. - [0]: https://posthog.com/ - [1]: https://github.com/PostHog/posthog
    comment by Jugurtha · 2020-11-02 · in Ask HN: How to effectively get feedback from users?
  45. …recent grads. To apply see https://posthog.com/careers or email me directly, tim@posthog.com [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog [1] https://posthog.com/handbook/
    comment by timgl · 2020-11-02 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (November 2020)
  46. I'm biased as my team built it, but github.com/posthog/posthog is probably worth a look. We can provide basic GA functionality and a lot of more product analytics focussed functionality + feature flags.
    comment by james_impliu · 2020-10-09 · in Ask HN: Why do people still use Google Analytics over open source alternatives?
  47. …tim@posthog.com to see if we're a good fit! [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22376732 [1] https://github.com/posthog/posthog
    comment by timgl · 2020-10-01 · in Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)
  48. https://github.com/PostHog/posthog looks great for product analytics. If you've used it, can you please share your experience?
    comment by kirubakaran · 2020-08-18 · in Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
  49. …https://github.com/usefathom/fathom https://www.goatcounter.com/ https://plausible.io/ https://github.com/PostHog/posthog https://www.usertrack.net/
    comment by vs4vijay · 2020-08-18 · in Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
  50. …Coincidentally a feature request to mash posthog with messaging went into an issue 10 hours ago! https://github.com/PostHog/posthog/issues/1414
    comment by bredren · 2020-08-12 · in Launch HN: Papercups (YC S20) – Open-Core Intercom Alternative