What is cially?

Cially is a self-hosted analytics platform for Discord server owners and community managers who want deep visibility into their community's behavior. It consists of a Discord bot that listens to server events, a Pocketbase backend for data storage, and a Next.js web dashboard for visualization. The dashboard shows message analytics (per hour/day/week, media shared, deletions/edits), growth metrics (joins/leaves, retention, unique users), activity insights (most active channels/users/hours, real-time member status), user search with per-user history, and voice chat trends. It runs via Docker Compose with three containers (bot, web, Pocketbase) and requires a Discord bot token and client ID to operate. The project is licensed under CC-BY-NC-ND 2.0, which prohibits commercial use and derivatives. No message content is stored unless explicitly configured.

Should you self-host cially?

cially scores 44/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #20 of 27 in Analytics. It has 216 GitHub stars.

It shipped 1 stable release in the past year. The latest, v2.0.1, came out on 31 July 2026.

Setup is moderate: expect some configuration beyond a single command. An official Docker image is available. It is Other-licensed and written mostly in Typescript.

Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is PostHog (81/100, 40 491 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See cially vs PostHog side by side.