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Are there any "Google Analytics" alternatives that aren't based on Python, Node, Go, etc but something with a PHP back-end that can be deployed to any commodity
by mikece 6y ago
Are there any "Google Analytics" alternatives that aren't based on Python, Node, Go, etc but something with a PHP back-end that can be deployed to any commodity LAMP hosting provider?
- ethor 6y agoMatomo uses php
- mikece 6y agoAnd it's "Wordpress easy" to setup and doesn't require special access or server config?
- tacone 6y agoYes. On the first run it will take you to a wizard to set it up.
- johnchristopher 6y agoThere's even a plugin for wordpress that embeds matomo itself if memory serves right.
- johnchristopher 6y agoIt's as easy as setting up GA in WordPress. Just inject the JavaScript snippet built by your Matomo instance when creating a new tracker.
- moooo99 6y agoI think the question was if the software itself is actually simple to set up with a commodity web host. As easy as upload via ftp and configure in webbrowser easy.
- johnchristopher 6y agoOops, my bad. You are totally right.
- martin_a 6y agoTotally! Just set an instance up the other day. Done in five minutes, you'll only need database credentials and a somewhat "normal" PHP setup.
- acidburnNSA 6y agoWould awstats meet this criteria? Not PHP but even simpler. I have data from it going back to 2006 (maybe 2002 if I dig up backups), which is a lot of fun. https://www.awstats.org/ https://www.awstats.org/
- ibdf 6y agoI remember once at a previous job one of the devs forgot to setup google analytics which was the go to tool at the time. Client calls in wanting to get some stats for their site after 3 months, and we had nothing... thankfully awstats comes with cpanel without any additional setup, and we had something to show. Not great, but better than nothing.
- wizzwizz4 6y agoYou could check the ReverseEagle list: https://developers.reverseeagle.org/replace/google-analytics/ https://developers.reverseeagle.org/replace/google-analytics... Also, anyone with a Tedomum account? It'd be nice if you could open an issue about adding umami.is. https://forge.tedomum.net/ReverseEagle/developers/-/issues https://forge.tedomum.net/ReverseEagle/developers/-/issues
- rapnie 6y agoThanks! PS. there is a typo here (should be 'statisfy'): https://developers.reverseeagle.org/replace/google-analytics/#satisfy-for-wordpress https://developers.reverseeagle.org/replace/google-analytics...
- resynth1943 6y agoOh thanks, we'll edit that in
- arp242 6y agoThe advantage of Go is that you can compile it to a single (static) binary, and then it doesn't really matter what the rest of the backend is running. Unlike Python, Node, PHP, etc. you don't need to set up an environment.
- XCSme 6y agoI built one: https://usertrack.net https://usertrack.net It has a plain PHP + MySQL backend, so it's really easy to install (on a LAMP server, as a WordPress plugin or one-click install on a DigitalOcean droplet). When I started building it 8 years ago, the idea was exactly this, it should run on any basic shared hosting that can run PHP, so any site can just have its own analytics dashboard, without relying on 3rd parties.
- XCSme 6y agoFor userTrack, the LAMP installation process has 3 main steps: 1. Upload the script files. 2. Create a MySQL database for the script to use. 3. Run the auto-installer (to set up DB connection and create the tables in DB). https://docs.usertrack.net/installation/uploading-the-script https://docs.usertrack.net/installation/uploading-the-script