No. 16 of 24 ·Event Tracking Software

Raccoon

Self-hosted · API

Freedom report

One barScore 5.2

Raccoon is ranked #16 of 24 in event tracking software on Freedom251. It runs on API, Self-hosted.

Compared on event tracking software

Purpose: Raccoon ingests event data from mobile apps, websites, and services, then publishes it to message queues for stream processing.
Protocols and formats: Clients can send events over WebSocket, REST, or gRPC; WebSocket and REST support JSON and Protocol Buffers, while gRPC supports Protocol Buffers.
Destinations: Supported message queues are Apache Kafka (stable), Google Cloud Pub/Sub (alpha), and AWS Kinesis Data Streams (alpha).
Delivery acknowledgments: The server acknowledges delivery successes and failures; the documentation says it can be augmented for zero-data-loss or at-least-once guarantees.
Monitoring: Raccoon supports StatsD and Prometheus telemetry, and its built-in monitoring includes latency and active connections.
Deployment: The maker documents running Raccoon with Docker and deploying it on Kubernetes, including a Helm chart.
Security limitation: Raccoon does not provide application-level HTTPS or authentication; the deployment guide suggests using an API gateway or separate authentication service.
Intended use: Documented use cases include clickstream collection, adtech streams, IoT edge systems, and event sourcing.
License: The GitHub repository states that Raccoon is licensed under Apache 2.0.

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