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Is anyone using an open source statistics system that's as simple as simple analytics? Maybe even something that can be setup to run stats for multiple clients

by dpcan 6y ago

Is anyone using an open source statistics system that's as simple as simple analytics? Maybe even something that can be setup to run stats for multiple clients from our own VPS?

tecleandor 6y ago
A relatively simple log analyzer, the kind we used to use in before que Analytics craze is GoAccess: https://goaccess.io/ https://goaccess.io/ If you want something more complex, Analytics style, you could try Matomo (Used to be called Piwik): https://matomo.org/ https://matomo.org/
bojanz 6y ago
GoatCounter[1] was featured on HN at some point. Open source, written in Go. It has a "subsite" feature which I haven't played with. [1] https://www.goatcounter.com/ https://www.goatcounter.com/
timgl 6y ago
Shameless plug, but PostHog is MIT licensed, open source product analytics [0]. You can use it for super simple pageview analytics and even give all of your clients their own team on one instance. If you want something more advanced, we're comparable in features to Amplitude or Mixpanel too, but more engineering focussed. [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog https://github.com/posthog/posthog
Hitton 6y ago
There is also https://plausible.io/ https://plausible.io/ I personally currently don't use any analytics, but they claim to be simple and lightweight so I keep an eye on them in case of future use.
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rkwz 6y ago
Freshlytics - https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics * Cookies are not used * Personally identifiable information (PII) is not collected * See the pageview in different dimensions like page urls, referrers, browsers etc * Supports multiple projects * Supports RBAC Screenshots - https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics/blob/master/docs/screenshots.md https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics/blob/master/docs/sc...
- SparkyMcUnicorn 6y ago
  I really like the look of this. And I really like the response here regarding "blockers" [0]. Is there any documented way to let users opt-out sans ublock:o (or other)? Or configure it to respect "Do Not Track"? [0] https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics/issues/12 https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics/issues/12
  - rkwz 6y ago
    Thanks! > Is there any documented way to let users opt-out sans ublock:o (or other)? Or configure it to respect "Do Not Track"? I initially wanted to implement DNT but there's a lot of confusion about whether it's useful or not. I'm not sure if there's a standardized way for users to opt-out.
- retube 6y ago
  How does it track individual users without cookies?
  - rkwz 6y ago
    Yes, it doesn't actually track individual visitors as we can't use cookies or any fingerprinting methods.
- edraferi 6y ago
  Looks useful, but it depends on PipelineDB, a PostgreSQL extension for streaming data. Unfortunately PipelineDB hasn't been updated since May 2019 [0] when they were acquired by Confluent [1]. The former PipelineDB team appears to be focused on Confluent's KSQL product [2]. There's an open source "ksqlDB" but it appears to depend on Kafka, so it's not a 1:1 replacement for PipelineDB[3]. [0] https://github.com/pipelinedb/pipelinedb https://github.com/pipelinedb/pipelinedb [1] https://www.confluent.io/blog/pipelinedb-team-joins-confluent/ https://www.confluent.io/blog/pipelinedb-team-joins-confluen... [2] https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-cloud-ksql-as-a-service/ https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-cloud-ksql-as-a-serv... [3] https://ksqldb.io/quickstart.html https://ksqldb.io/quickstart.html
gorkemcetin 6y ago
I would say go with Countly [1]. It is both for mobile, web and desktop, unlike several products mentioned here. [1] https://github.com/countly/countly-server https://github.com/countly/countly-server
krlx 6y ago
Shameless plug, I wanted to develop a simple tiny stats dashboard using firebase as a backend: https://github.com/Karalix/feu-analytics https://github.com/Karalix/feu-analytics However, while it does what it is intended to do, it needs further dev that I am too lazy to do.

by dpcan 6y ago

Is anyone using an open source statistics system that's as simple as simple analytics? Maybe even something that can be setup to run stats for multiple clients from our own VPS?

tecleandor 6y ago

A relatively simple log analyzer, the kind we used to use in before que Analytics craze is GoAccess: https://goaccess.io/ https://goaccess.io/ If you want something more complex, Analytics style, you could try Matomo (Used to be called Piwik): https://matomo.org/ https://matomo.org/

bojanz 6y ago

GoatCounter[1] was featured on HN at some point. Open source, written in Go. It has a "subsite" feature which I haven't played with. [1] https://www.goatcounter.com/ https://www.goatcounter.com/

timgl 6y ago

Shameless plug, but PostHog is MIT licensed, open source product analytics [0]. You can use it for super simple pageview analytics and even give all of your clients their own team on one instance. If you want something more advanced, we're comparable in features to Amplitude or Mixpanel too, but more engineering focussed. [0] https://github.com/posthog/posthog https://github.com/posthog/posthog

Hitton 6y ago

There is also https://plausible.io/ https://plausible.io/ I personally currently don't use any analytics, but they claim to be simple and lightweight so I keep an eye on them in case of future use.

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rkwz 6y ago

Freshlytics - https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics * Cookies are not used * Personally identifiable information (PII) is not collected * See the pageview in different dimensions like page urls, referrers, browsers etc * Supports multiple projects * Supports RBAC Screenshots - https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics/blob/master/docs/screenshots.md https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics/blob/master/docs/sc...

SparkyMcUnicorn 6y ago
I really like the look of this. And I really like the response here regarding "blockers" [0]. Is there any documented way to let users opt-out sans ublock:o (or other)? Or configure it to respect "Do Not Track"? [0] https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics/issues/12 https://github.com/sheshbabu/freshlytics/issues/12
- rkwz 6y ago
  Thanks! > Is there any documented way to let users opt-out sans ublock:o (or other)? Or configure it to respect "Do Not Track"? I initially wanted to implement DNT but there's a lot of confusion about whether it's useful or not. I'm not sure if there's a standardized way for users to opt-out.
retube 6y ago
How does it track individual users without cookies?
- rkwz 6y ago
  Yes, it doesn't actually track individual visitors as we can't use cookies or any fingerprinting methods.
edraferi 6y ago
Looks useful, but it depends on PipelineDB, a PostgreSQL extension for streaming data. Unfortunately PipelineDB hasn't been updated since May 2019 [0] when they were acquired by Confluent [1]. The former PipelineDB team appears to be focused on Confluent's KSQL product [2]. There's an open source "ksqlDB" but it appears to depend on Kafka, so it's not a 1:1 replacement for PipelineDB[3]. [0] https://github.com/pipelinedb/pipelinedb https://github.com/pipelinedb/pipelinedb [1] https://www.confluent.io/blog/pipelinedb-team-joins-confluent/ https://www.confluent.io/blog/pipelinedb-team-joins-confluen... [2] https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-cloud-ksql-as-a-service/ https://www.confluent.io/blog/confluent-cloud-ksql-as-a-serv... [3] https://ksqldb.io/quickstart.html https://ksqldb.io/quickstart.html

gorkemcetin 6y ago

I would say go with Countly [1]. It is both for mobile, web and desktop, unlike several products mentioned here. [1] https://github.com/countly/countly-server https://github.com/countly/countly-server

krlx 6y ago

Shameless plug, I wanted to develop a simple tiny stats dashboard using firebase as a backend: https://github.com/Karalix/feu-analytics https://github.com/Karalix/feu-analytics However, while it does what it is intended to do, it needs further dev that I am too lazy to do.