Umami leads in popularity with 38,047 stars vs 21,741 stars for Matomo. The 75% higher star count indicates stronger community adoption. In terms of developer contributions, Umami has 7,696 forks, indicating strong developer engagement.

Both projects show recent activity, with Matomo last updated 3 hours ago and Umami 6 hours ago.

Both tools share common technology foundations, being built with JavaScript, CSS, Typescript. However, they differ in their additional technology choices: Matomo uses Bash, Vue, PHP while Umami leverages JSX, Next.js.

Matomo has been in development longer, starting 15 years ago, compared to Umami which began 6 years ago. This 9.4-year head start suggests Matomo may have more mature features and established processes.

Umami uses the MIT license, which is more permissive than Matomo's GPL-3.0 license, potentially offering greater flexibility for commercial use and integration.

Both tools serve similar use cases in Web Analytics.

Both Matomo and Umami offer self-hosting capabilities, giving you full control over your data and infrastructure.