goatcounter

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. Methodology.

Self-hosting cost

What people say

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About goatcounter

GoatCounter is an open source web analytics platform available as a (free)
hosted service or self-hosted app. It aims to offer easy to use and meaningful
privacy-friendly web analytics as an alternative to Google Analytics or Matomo.

There are two ways to run this: as hosted service on [goatcounter.com][www], or
run it on your own server. The source code is completely Open Source/Free
Software, and it can be self-hosted without restrictions.

There's a live demo at [https://stats.arp242.net](https://stats.arp242.net).

Please consider [contributing financially][sponsor].

[sponsor]: http://www.goatcounter.com/contribute
[www]: https://www.goatcounter.com


Features
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- **Privacy-aware**; doesn’t track users with unique identifiers and doesn't
  need a GDPR notice. Fine-grained **control over which data is collected**.
  Also see the [privacy policy][privacy] and [GDPR consent notices][gdpr].

- **Lightweight** and **fast**; adds just ~3.5K of extra data to your site. Also
  has JavaScript-free "tracking pixel" option, or you can use it from your
  application's middleware or **import from logfiles**.

- Identify **unique visits** without cookies using a non-identifiable hash
  ([technical details][sessions]).

- Keeps useful statistics such as **browser** information, **location**, and
  **screen size**. Keep track of **referring sites** and **campaigns**.

- **Easy**; if you've been confused by the myriad of options and flexibility of
  Google Analytics and Matomo th

Excerpt from the project's README. View full source on GitHub.