Practical guides on Canadian infrastructure, managed hosting, migrations, and keeping your applications secure — from our Alberta team.
Metabase (metabase/metabase) — ~50k stars, AGPL OSS: visual SQL, dashboards, alerts, embeds. Connect Postgres/MySQL and more; Docker or JAR on port 3000 with a real app database.
Read articleMiddleware (middlewarehq/middleware) — Apache-2.0 DORA platform: deployment frequency, lead time, MTTR, change failure rate. Docker on :3333, Postgres volumes, Git PAT integrations. ~1.6k stars.
Read articleGoAccess (allinurl/goaccess) — MIT, ~21k stars: real-time Apache/nginx log analyzer in the terminal or browser. WebSocket HTML dashboard, GeoIP, bots, response times. No tracking JS required.
Read articleGoatCounter (arp242/goatcounter) — ~6k stars, Go: privacy-friendly page analytics, ~3.5 KB script, log import, SQLite or Postgres. Self-host on stats.yourdomain.ca with optional ACME TLS.
Read articleLitlyx (Litlyx/litlyx) — Apache-2.0, ~1.7k stars: cookie-free web + product analytics, litlyx-js SDK, optional AI dashboard. Self-host via Docker (MongoDB, Redis, producer/consumer, Nuxt UI).
Read articleAptabase (aptabase/aptabase) — open-source mobile/desktop/web app analytics without ad-tech IDs. Docker self-host, SDKs for Flutter, RN, Swift, Electron. AGPL server, MIT SDKs.
Read articleCountly (Countly/countly-server) — open-source product analytics and engagement: sessions, crashes, push, remote config, compliance hub. MongoDB + Node, Docker or install script. Countly Lite for self-host.
Read articleNew API (QuantumNous/new-api) — ~51k-star self-hosted LLM gateway: OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini-compatible APIs, channel routing, quotas, usage logs, and cost accounting. Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis. AGPLv3.
Read articleDreeve (dreeveapp/dreeve) — AGPL sports analytics dashboard: Strava/Garmin/FIT imports, heatmaps, gear tracking, Eddington stats, AI assistant, MCP. Docker on port 8080. Formerly Statistics for Strava.
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