Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?

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Post by IceWreck » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 8:10 AM UTC

aspenmayer wrote: post #128

IceWreck wrote: post #92

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Not all of the self hosted ones, especially if host uses a reverse proxy to rewrite the URL to something random.

Which products offer this functionality? That’s interesting.

Afaik none of them offer it out of the box but I've seen devs recommend it.

Example: umami has a default umami.js file called by JS. uBlock Origin has a rule that blocks any file with that name. I rewrote its URL to something like somerandomfile.js using caddy. And now uBlock doesn't block it.

Re: Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?

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Post by hiptobecubic » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 6:59 PM UTC

bcl wrote: post #42

https://goaccess.io/ is nice, analyzes the logfiles instead of requiring it be added to the pages.

It's much simpler, though. You get aggregate stats on who is sending you requests, which is useful but not what people have come to expect from "product oriented analytics."

Re: Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?

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Post by hiptobecubic » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 7:32 PM UTC

iamacyborg wrote: post #115

waspight wrote: post #110

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So are you saying that their profit is high or that the cost for running such saas is high?

I'm saying they have a very high profit margin.

Maybe you're underestimating the difficulty of doing it well.

Re: Ask HN: Good open source alternatives to Google Analytics?

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Post by paxcoder » Fri, Jan 14, 2022, 11:42 PM UTC

jerojero wrote: post #68

paxcoder wrote: post #41

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Makes me think Matomo's doing something right

Yes but also if you want to reach people you can't "side" with them or you will be losing business. That's the power of the monopolies for you.

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