Jitsu
jitsucom/jitsu
An open-source alternative to Segment.
Jitsu is an open-source Segment alternative. Fully-scriptable data ingestion engine for modern data teams. Set-up a real-time data pipeline in minutes, not days (from the repository)
- Stars
- 5,108
- Licence
- MIT
- Last push
- 2026-10-16
- Written in
- TypeScript
Is it alive?
Four readings from the repository, each with the rule behind it. No blended score.
Activity
Active
Last push 11 days ago
Active: pushed within 90 days. Slowing: within a year. Quiet: longer.
Releases
Recent
jitsu-cli1.11.0, 4 months ago
Recent: a tagged release within six months. Some projects ship from the main branch and never tag.
Issues
98% closed
14 open · 599 closed
Share of all issues ever filed that are now closed. Under 20 issues is too few to read.
Momentum
+14 in 19 days
5,108 stars
Change in stars across our daily readings, over up to 30 days. Needs a week of readings.
What a business may do with it
PermissiveMIT
Use, change and sell it, including inside a closed product. Keep the copyright notice.
This describes the licence family GitHub identified, not legal advice about this project. The repository’s own LICENSE file is what binds you.
Run it yourself
Jitsu’s README does not show a docker run, docker compose up or helm install in a code block, so this page will not guess one. It may be a desktop app, a library, or documented on its website.
Jitsu against the other open-source options
Every project offered against Segment, most-starred first.
| Project | Stars | Activity | Licence | Self-host | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Jitsu (this page) | 5,108 | Active | Permissive | ○ | TypeScript |
 RudderStack | 4,500 | Active | Not identified | ○ | Go |
Where this page comes from
- Stars, licence, activity, issues, releases and the self-host command are read from the repository. 2026-10-19
- The pairing with Segment and the category come from opensourcealternative.to, a community directory of open-source alternatives. We re-read it weekly.
- Star momentum comes from our own daily readings of the repository. How we collect data