DataFast vs Talivia
Talivia is the stronger choice for teams that want to operate an MIT-licensed, self-hosted revenue-attribution system and are prepared to maintain its PostgreSQL-based deployment. Its open-source edition covers core web analytics, session replay, sharing, import/export, and several payment integrations, but it is explicitly a subset of the hosted Talivia product and does not include some cloud integrations. Choose it
Decision guide
The practical reasons to choose either option, based on documented capabilities.
Choose Talivia if
- Founders and small teams needing self-hosted traffic-to-revenue attribution
- Teams requiring source access and an MIT-licensed analytics deployment
- Operators able to maintain Node.js or Docker infrastructure with PostgreSQL backups and migrations
Stay with DataFast if
- You need DataFast’s documented goals and multi-step conversion funnels; equivalent coverage is not established for Talivia’s open-source edition
- You depend on Meta Ads, Shopify payments, live maps or globe views, cookieless tracking, or web-to-app tracking; these are not documented in the supplied Talivia open-source materials
- You need managed hosting without maintaining PostgreSQL, secrets, backups, and application upgrades yourself
Deployment and operations
Talivia’s open-source edition is MIT-licensed and self-hosted. It can run from source with Node.js 22 or 24 LTS, pnpm 10+, and an empty PostgreSQL database, or through Docker Engine and Docker Compose. Required configuration includes DATABASE_URL and an APP_SECRET of at least 32 bytes. Operators must back up PostgreSQL and deployment-specific storage before upgrades; Prisma migrations are applied manually for source installations and automatically at container startup. Kubernetes support is not
Migration considerations
The open-source edition lists import/export, but the supplied materials do not document a DataFast-specific importer or format compatibility. Its baseline database migration only supports an empty database, and there is no migration path from a hosted Talivia database. A cautious transition is to run Talivia alongside the existing analytics tool and validate newly collected data before retiring DataFast.
Feature fit
What Talivia covers
- Web traffic analytics
- Session and journey analysis
- Custom event tracking
- Traffic-to-revenue attribution
- Stripe, LemonSqueezy, and Polar connections
- Manual payment API
- Campaign and referrer reporting
- MCP-assisted analytics setup
What’s different or missing
- Documented goals and multi-step funnels
- Documented Meta Ads integration
- Documented Shopify revenue connection
- Documented cookie and cookieless modes
- Documented web-to-app journey tracking
- Documented live maps and globe views
- Documented embeddable widgets and scheduled reports
- Cloud-only search and external integrations
Project snapshot
- GitHub stars
- 1,485
- Contributors
- 1
- Language
- TypeScript
- Last commit
- Aug 5, 2026
- Latest release
- Not available
Categories: Product Analytics, Web Analytics
Sources and editorial review13 linked sources
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Open-source, self-hosted revenue-first analytics for founders: web analytics, Session Replay, revenue attribution, and customer revenue integrations.
repository description · github.comCreate a website in Talivia, copy its tracking snippet into your site, confirm that a visit appears on the dashboard, and connect customer revenue.
readme · github.comSupported revenue inputs include Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar, Dodo, Yolfi, and the Manual Payment API.
readme · github.comThe open-source edition is a self-hosted subset of the complete Talivia product.
readme · github.comDocker Compose ... docker compose up --build -d
readme · github.comThe open-source edition is a self-hosted subset of the complete Talivia product.
verdict · github.comThe self-hosted edition combines core web analytics, Session Replay, website collaborators, shared analytics, import/export, and customer revenue from Stripe, LemonSqueezy, Polar, Dodo, Yolfi, or the Manual Payment API.
shared feature · github.comRequirements: Node.js 22 LTS or 24 LTS, pnpm 10+, and an empty PostgreSQL database.
deployment · github.comTalivia is licensed under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
deployment · github.comBack up the PostgreSQL database and any deployment-specific storage before upgrading.
deployment · github.comThe baseline migration is for an empty database only. There is no migration path from a hosted Talivia database.
migration · github.comNo. You can install Talivia alongside an existing analytics tool, validate the data, and decide later which reports you still need elsewhere.
migration · talivia.comFor managed hosting and additional integrations - including Google Search Console, Bing Webmaster Tools, GitHub activity, and social mentions from X, Reddit, TikTok and others use [Talivia Cloud](https://talivia.com).
missing feature · github.com
