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Countly vs Litlyx
Countly has 5,905 GitHub stars, 981 forks, 15 open issues and last shipped 3 days ago. Litlyx has 1,744 stars, 114 forks, 8 open issues and last shipped 10 months ago. Countly leads on adoption by 239% (5,905 vs 1,744 stars). Countly is written in JavaScript under a custom or non-standard licence; Litlyx is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. Countly has attracted 17% as many forks as stars, Litlyx 7%. Countly was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (ai, analytics), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| Countly | Litlyx | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 5.9K | ★ 1.7K |
| License | Custom / other | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-18 | 2025-12-03 |
| Forks | ⑂ 981 | ⑂ 114 |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick Countly if
- You weight community size — 5.9K stars and counting
- You want the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches JavaScript
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Litlyx if
- You want the Litlyx feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Litlyx fits your workflow better
About Countly
Countly is a privacy first, AI ready analytics and customer engagement platform that organizations deploy themselves rather than consume only as a hosted service. The server side component lives in this repository and is written in JavaScript, sitting in the JavaScript and Node.js ecosystem alongside the client SDKs that ship separately for iOS, Android, React Native, Flutter, NodeJS, Unity, Java and JavaScript. The platform is built around the idea that customer data should stay under the operator's control: Countly runs on premises or in a private cloud, and the project describes full data ownership, deployment…
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About Litlyx
Litlyx is a privacy focused web and product analytics platform for JavaScript and TypeScript applications. It collects visitor and event data without cookies and presents results in an AI powered dashboard or hosted cloud service. The project sits in the open source analytics ecosystem and is presented as an alternative to Google Analytics, MixPanel, Plausible, Umami, Matomo, Google Analytics 4, and Posthog.
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Frequently asked questions
Is Countly or Litlyx more popular?
Countly has 5,905 GitHub stars and Litlyx has 1,744. Countly has the larger community by that measure.
Are Countly and Litlyx free?
Both are open source. Countly has no licence declared in this registry, and Litlyx is licensed under Apache-2.0. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between Countly and Litlyx?
Countly is written in JavaScript and Litlyx in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, Countly or Litlyx?
Choose Countly if you want the larger community (5,905 stars) or its Custom / other licence terms. Choose Litlyx if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.