Understanding how data flows through PostHog will help you grasp the full extent of your portability options.
Point your self-hosted PostHog instance to your own AWS S3 bucket, GCP bucket, or Azure Blob Storage. posthog session replay portable
Because the posthog-replayer library is open source and dependency-free, you can embed this player into your own internal admin dashboard, a Slack bot, or a local debugging tool. You are not forced to use PostHog's UI. Understanding how data flows through PostHog will help
Many legacy product analytics platforms treat your data as their proprietary asset. Extracting raw replay files from these ecosystems is intentionally difficult or prohibitively expensive. PostHog takes the opposite approach. Built on an open-source core, PostHog ensures that you retain full ownership of your data from ingestion to storage. 2. Regulatory Compliance (GDPR, HIPAA, CCPA) You are not forced to use PostHog's UI
Build a portable, self-contained Session Replay module compatible with PostHog that captures user interactions (DOM events, screenshots, console errors) and stores/replays them without requiring heavy coupling to the main PostHog app. Target: small footprint, privacy-first defaults, easy integration into existing PostHog setups or static sites.