Yes! There are many options! Log parsing is an option. There are self hosted options. There are also services like https://simpleanalytics.com/ https://simplea

Yes! There are many options! Log parsing is an option. There are self hosted options. There are also services like https://simpleanalytics.com/ https://simpleanalytics.com/ (I have not used them or know much about them tbh). Personally, on my recent projects I start without analytics. If I want to measure health or growth, I define my own "metrics" and use sql or logs to generate. I don't need to know what country you are in. I don't need to know what browser you are using. If I do need to know something, I can look at useragents. If it truly is for user benefit and not just my curiosity, I can actually ask my users with a survey.