GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
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Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#2Source code: https://github.com/zgoat/goatcounter.
The author also gives a rationale for choosing the EUPL (EUROPEAN UNION PUBLIC LICENCE) here: https://www.arp242.net/license.html.
EDIT:
ksec posted this link: https://github.com/zgoat/goatcounter, but, at the time of writing, my comment is higher...
It provides rationale for why GoatCounter exists and comments about _why not_ other solutions like Fathom, Open Web Analytics, KISSS, Ackee, Countly, Analysing log files, Google Analytics, statcounter, Simple Analytics, getinsights.io, statcounter.com. plausible.io/.
Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#3I just tested this out on my website and it worked exactly as instructed which is always a plus. Super easy to set up and a clear set of analytics :)
Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#4Will test this out tonight on my site, want to move away from google analytics.
Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#5This document [1] describes the rationale for developing GoatCounter, its goals, and a comparison with existing solutions.
[1]https://github.com/zgoat/goatcounter/blob/master/docs/ration...
Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#6This seems like a perfect solution for a portfolio, blog, or new project. I like that it's open-source, lightweight, and has a self-hosted option!
Elevator pitch from `rational.markdown`
GoatCounter aims to give meaningful privacy-friendly web analytics for business purposes, while still staying usable for non-technical users to use on personal websites. The choices that currently exist are between freely hosted but with problematic privacy (Google Analytics), hosting your own complex software or paying $19/month (Matomo), or extremely simplistic "vanity statistics" (Fathom).
GoatCounter attempts to strike a good balance between various interests. Major features include a free hosted version so people can easily add analytics to their personal website, an easy to run hosted option, an intuitive user interface, and meaningful statistics that go beyond "vanity stats" but still respect your users' privacy.
Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#7Looks nice. I’m somewhat surprised we haven’t seen an obvious alternative to Google Analytics yet. It’s got a wide and deep surface area. But feels like for the majority of eg B2B SaaS apps there’s a much simpler solution to be built. Something that conves mainline scenarios like:
- what channels / sites / campaigns is my traffic coming from?
- what pages are people landing on?
- what pages are driving conversions?
- what do my conversion goals look like (percentage and total conversions)
Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#8How do you know it doesn't need a consent notice? Anything that tracks people uniquely, via a personal identifier, is in-scope and counts as personal data. Is the assumption here that it counts as 'legitimate interest'?
Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#9How do you know it doesn't need a consent notice? Anything that tracks people uniquely, via a personal identifier, is in-scope and counts as personal data. Is the assumption here that it counts as 'legitimate interest'?
It would appear that that's how it avoids needing a consent notice. The page says it doesn't track users.
Re: GoatCounter – Simple web statistics, with no tracking of personal data
#10How do you know it doesn't need a consent notice? Anything that tracks people uniquely, via a personal identifier, is in-scope and counts as personal data. Is the assumption here that it counts as 'legitimate interest'?
I'm not sure that GoatCounter tracks people uniquely.