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From the site: > Our on-demand, auto-scaling servers will never slow your site down. Our tracker file is served via our super-fast CDN, with endpoints located

by spockz 6y ago

From the site: > Our on-demand, auto-scaling servers will never slow your site down. Our tracker file is served via our super-fast CDN, with endpoints located around the world to ensure fast page loads. This suggests that this solution is not self hosted. Is there a solution like this which is really self hosted? This service is one small change away from actually tracking. Edit: Piwik/Matomo[1] appears to be the most mature one. [1]: https://matomo.org/ https://matomo.org/

JackWritesCode 6y ago
Fathom Lite is self-hosted. Lots of people start off self-hosting but it’s typically useful for people with low traffic, or for people whose time is worth less than money, or even those who enjoy it. Because you have to maintain anything you self-host. We like to cater for both.
XCSme 6y ago
I am also buliding something similar: https://usertrack.net/ https://usertrack.net/ I think the main differences compared to Matomo is that it's simpler (less features), but provides for much cheaper some of their premium features (heatmaps, session recordings). Let me know if you have any questions about userTrack or any suggestions! :)
tutuca 6y ago
Fathom is open source https://github.com/usefathom/fathom https://github.com/usefathom/fathom
- m90 6y ago
  Apparently this repo contains "Fathom Lite", a (from a codebase perspective) unrelated predecessor of what is currently being sold as a SaaS.
  - GordonS 6y ago
    And it seems that Fathom Lite misses one of the main selling points of Fathom - cookieless tracking.
    - JackWritesCode 6y ago
      Yes - Fathom Lite would need a good refactor to not use cookies.
- tedivm 6y ago
  That's the old project- they have decided not to open source the new one. The open source project is barely maintained at this point- they update the readme and get the occasionally pull request, but it's not really being developed. I unfortunately switched to Fathom back when they were telling people they were committed to open source, so now I'm looking to migrate off to something a bit more trustworthy.
  - JackWritesCode 6y ago
    You've been saying this since last year. If I can help you migrate off of Fathom Lite to something else, please let me know.
    - tedivm 6y ago
      Yeah, I've been busy.

by spockz 6y ago

JackWritesCode 6y ago

Fathom Lite is self-hosted. Lots of people start off self-hosting but it’s typically useful for people with low traffic, or for people whose time is worth less than money, or even those who enjoy it. Because you have to maintain anything you self-host. We like to cater for both.

XCSme 6y ago

I am also buliding something similar: https://usertrack.net/ https://usertrack.net/ I think the main differences compared to Matomo is that it's simpler (less features), but provides for much cheaper some of their premium features (heatmaps, session recordings). Let me know if you have any questions about userTrack or any suggestions! :)

tutuca 6y ago

Fathom is open source https://github.com/usefathom/fathom https://github.com/usefathom/fathom

m90 6y ago
Apparently this repo contains "Fathom Lite", a (from a codebase perspective) unrelated predecessor of what is currently being sold as a SaaS.
- GordonS 6y ago
  And it seems that Fathom Lite misses one of the main selling points of Fathom - cookieless tracking.
  - JackWritesCode 6y ago
    Yes - Fathom Lite would need a good refactor to not use cookies.
tedivm 6y ago
That's the old project- they have decided not to open source the new one. The open source project is barely maintained at this point- they update the readme and get the occasionally pull request, but it's not really being developed. I unfortunately switched to Fathom back when they were telling people they were committed to open source, so now I'm looking to migrate off to something a bit more trustworthy.
- JackWritesCode 6y ago
  You've been saying this since last year. If I can help you migrate off of Fathom Lite to something else, please let me know.
  - tedivm 6y ago
    Yeah, I've been busy.