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Show HN: Redistats - Web stats using Redis

29 points by JimWestergren 13y ago

kaahbonk 13y ago
Looks interesting, I will check it out.
JimWestergren 13y ago
Let me know what you think. I will listen to your feedback.
kvickan 13y ago
Been testing the beta out, very very good stat system, will definitely convert from Analytics.
druiid 13y ago
I was hoping for a software distribution. Looked pretty neat and then saw it was similar to Analytics, etc. where it is hosted. Any chance you guys will be offering a self-hosted version?
- JimWestergren 13y ago
  Maybe in the future, it's beta right now. But you can host the stat data yourself using your own Redis instance. It is hosted in Germany (Hetzner).
- Mahn 13y ago
  Same here, I'd happily give it a go if it were self hosted since I was planning to build one from scratch, specifically with redis.
  - JimWestergren 13y ago
    Any suggestions on how such a license system can look like? We spent 2 months developing this, I would not like to give away it for free / open source.
    - druiid 13y ago
      Well, with other software distributed versions of software where it's licensed I generally have seen a 'maintenance' fee yearly for distribution, meaning that technically the software itself is free, but you're charged yearly/monthly to continue receiving updates to it.
    - Detrus 13y ago
      http://haveamint.com/ http://haveamint.com/ are self hosted stats. $30 per site.
jzawodn 13y ago
"Latest technologies" might want to say "Proven technologies" since latest can imply bleeding edge and possibly unreliable to some folks.
- JimWestergren 13y ago
  Perhaps yes. But I feel SPDY and Redis are more "latest" than "proven". I will have to think about this.
  - Mahn 13y ago
    Redis is very much proven, tech giants are using large redis databases for quite some time now, see e.g. Instagram or StackOverflow. Maybe go with "Modern, proven technologies"?
    - JimWestergren 13y ago
      Thanks and corrected.
bnejad 13y ago
Anyone find it a little odd that in their demo from fullmovies.cc they are publishing the IPs from hits? I don't think the users would really appreciate that.
- JimWestergren 13y ago
  You are right, fixed.
mgrouchy 13y ago
Seeing as this is software as a service and not open source, whats up with the name? Why does it matter that you are using redis? I see you mention it in the "modern proven technologies" section, but that's not a selling point(to me anyway).
- JimWestergren 13y ago
  You are right. That I am using Redis is more to appeal to the HN crowd ;) For the user it does not really matter. I like the name, it is difficult to find names you like available with .com.

29 points by JimWestergren 13y ago

kaahbonk 13y ago

Looks interesting, I will check it out.

JimWestergren 13y ago

Let me know what you think. I will listen to your feedback.

kvickan 13y ago

Been testing the beta out, very very good stat system, will definitely convert from Analytics.

druiid 13y ago

I was hoping for a software distribution. Looked pretty neat and then saw it was similar to Analytics, etc. where it is hosted. Any chance you guys will be offering a self-hosted version?

JimWestergren 13y ago
Maybe in the future, it's beta right now. But you can host the stat data yourself using your own Redis instance. It is hosted in Germany (Hetzner).
Mahn 13y ago
Same here, I'd happily give it a go if it were self hosted since I was planning to build one from scratch, specifically with redis.
- JimWestergren 13y ago
  Any suggestions on how such a license system can look like? We spent 2 months developing this, I would not like to give away it for free / open source.
  - druiid 13y ago
    Well, with other software distributed versions of software where it's licensed I generally have seen a 'maintenance' fee yearly for distribution, meaning that technically the software itself is free, but you're charged yearly/monthly to continue receiving updates to it.
  - Detrus 13y ago
    http://haveamint.com/ http://haveamint.com/ are self hosted stats. $30 per site.

jzawodn 13y ago

"Latest technologies" might want to say "Proven technologies" since latest can imply bleeding edge and possibly unreliable to some folks.

JimWestergren 13y ago
Perhaps yes. But I feel SPDY and Redis are more "latest" than "proven". I will have to think about this.
- Mahn 13y ago
  Redis is very much proven, tech giants are using large redis databases for quite some time now, see e.g. Instagram or StackOverflow. Maybe go with "Modern, proven technologies"?
  - JimWestergren 13y ago
    Thanks and corrected.

bnejad 13y ago

Anyone find it a little odd that in their demo from fullmovies.cc they are publishing the IPs from hits? I don't think the users would really appreciate that.

JimWestergren 13y ago
You are right, fixed.

mgrouchy 13y ago

Seeing as this is software as a service and not open source, whats up with the name? Why does it matter that you are using redis? I see you mention it in the "modern proven technologies" section, but that's not a selling point(to me anyway).

JimWestergren 13y ago
You are right. That I am using Redis is more to appeal to the HN crowd ;) For the user it does not really matter. I like the name, it is difficult to find names you like available with .com.