How PostHog.com works

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PostHog.com is built and maintained in-house by the Website & Docs team.

ServicePurpose
VercelHosting
GatsbyStatic site framework
GitHubSource code repository
Ashby (API)Applicant tracking system
Algolia (API)Site search
StrapiHeadless CMS
PostHogAnalytics, feature flags

Diagram of PostHog.com

Website content is stored in two places:

  1. Markdown/MDX files (in the GitHub repo) - most website content
    • Docs, handbook, most pages
  2. Strapi - user-generated content
    • Community forum posts, community profiles

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