Cabin vs Umami
| Tagline | Carbon-aware, privacy-respecting web analytics for the climate-conscious | Simple, fast, privacy-focused web analytics in a single lightweight dashboard |
| Category | Product & Web Analytics | Product & Web Analytics |
| Replaces | Google Analytics, Amplitude | Google Analytics |
| GitHub stars | 800 | 37k |
| Language | JavaScript | TypeScript |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Self-host difficulty | 2/5 Easy | 3/5 Moderate |
| Deploy options | Docker Manual | One-Click Docker Docker Compose Manual |
| Managed hosting | ||
| Last updated | 1 month ago | 6 days ago |
| View repo | View repo |
Where each falls short
The honest trade-offs — what you give up with each, versus the proprietary tools they replace.
Cabin
- Minimal real-time view; data updates on a delay
- No user-level session replay or heatmaps
- Limited integrations compared to commercial tools
Umami
- Deliberately minimal: no heatmaps, session replay, or deep product-analytics like funnels/retention found in Mixpanel/Amplitude.
- Event/custom-property analytics are basic compared to dedicated product-analytics tools.
- No built-in alerting or anomaly detection.
Bottom line
Choose Cabin if you want the lower-effort setup; choose Umami for the larger community and ecosystem. Umami has seen more recent development. Open each guide below for deploy steps and the full feature gap.
Umami
Simple, fast, privacy-focused web analytics in a single lightweight dashboard