# PostHog

> PostHog is a suite of product and data tools built for the modern stack. Here's how I use it.

Source: https://curiouslychase.com/tools/posthog/

[PostHog](https://posthog.com) is a "suite of product and data analytics tools". 

It enables anyone building for the web to track product analytics, roll out features based on feature flags, test ideas with A/B testing and it also acts as an event pipeline.

I enjoy using PostHog for a few reasons:
- PostHog has an autocapture [JavaScript](https://curiouslychase.com/posts/javascript/) snippet that makes it easy to implement and start getting rich data
- [The PostHog Launchbar Heatmap](https://curiouslychase.com/engineering/using-posthog-toolbar-heatmap/) helps me learn more about the user from a holistic view.
- They have a rich set of [documentation](https://posthog.com/docs/),
- The platform is open-source (so it can be self-hosted) and has a cloud offering (for people like me who are building products ourselves and shouldn't be fiddling with self-hosting infrastructure)
- Their team is quick to engage with requests in their Slack channel

I've started using [PostHog](https://posthog.com) for analytics for[Murmur Labs](https://curiouslychase.com/posts/murmur-labs/) products and for my personal website ([chaseadams.io](https://curiouslychase.com/posts/chaseadamsio/)).

# Relevant Articles
- Since I use [NextJS](https://curiouslychase.com/tools/nextjs/), I found this article about setting up [Analytics for NextJS](https://posthog.com/docs/integrate/third-party/next-js#squeak-questions)  to be very helpful.