Lightweight Self-Hosted Product Analytics for Privacy-First Teams
PostHog is powerful but resource-heavy for self-hosting (requires ClickHouse, Kafka, PostgreSQL). Teams with GDPR requirements or 10K-100K users need product analytics that runs on a single VPS without complex infrastructure.
Problem Statement
Teams that need product analytics with GDPR compliance can either pay for hosted solutions (data leaves their control) or self-host PostHog (requires ClickHouse cluster, Kafka, 16GB+ RAM). There's nothing between basic page analytics and full-scale product analytics.
The Idea
A lightweight, single-binary product analytics platform that provides event tracking, funnels, and retention analysis while running entirely on a $10/month VPS, PostHog's core features without PostHog's infrastructure requirements.
Why Now
GDPR enforcement is increasing. PostHog self-hosting requires serious infrastructure. Most startups need 10% of PostHog's features. Single-binary applications (like Plausible for web analytics) proved the lightweight self-hosted model works. Privacy legislation expanding globally.
Target User
Privacy-first startups with 10K-100K users, European companies with strict GDPR requirements
Target Market
Product analytics, self-hosted tools, privacy-first infrastructure
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