Is there a way for me as a user to opt out of this tool other than relying on third party tools like uBlock? I'm starting to get annoyed by so many "privacy focused" tools with literally no consent options at all.
Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
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Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#82Are 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?
I built one: 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.
For 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
Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#83Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#84Looks neat! will explore. Also, I did research on alternatives to GA few days back, might be helpful of someone: https://github.com/Open-Web-Analytics/Open-Web-Analytics https://matomo.org/ https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo https://github.com/usefathom/fathom https://www.goatcounter.com/ https://plausible.io/ https://github.com/PostHog/posthog https://www.usertrack.net/
Thanks for mentioning https://www.userTrack.net , I'm the author and still working full-time on improving it. Let me know if you have any questions/remarks about userTrack.
Wow, that’s actually the first one (besides matomo which is rather enormous) that looks like a decent alternative to me with more than just bare-bones features. I’ll keep it in mind. And I really like the clear and to-the-point website.
No, XCSme did not pay me for this comment ;)
Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#85Looks neat! will explore. Also, I did research on alternatives to GA few days back, might be helpful of someone: https://github.com/Open-Web-Analytics/Open-Web-Analytics https://matomo.org/ https://github.com/matomo-org/matomo https://github.com/usefathom/fathom https://www.goatcounter.com/ https://plausible.io/ https://github.com/PostHog/posthog https://www.usertrack.net/
The problem with matomo (not their fault) is that Microsoft flags your site as distributing malware and you disappear from search engines. You have to fill out a bunch of forms to fix it. It’s listed in the matomo faq and is basically either from a bot falsely reporting you, or some other glitch. It’s why my blog is still invisible to bing users: if you visit in edge, you get huge menacing red warnings.
Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#86Is there a way for me as a user to opt out of this tool other than relying on third party tools like uBlock? I'm starting to get annoyed by so many "privacy focused" tools with literally no consent options at all.
I haven't implemented it yet, but I plan to make it read the user's do not track setting and automatically opt out.
Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#87Does this use cookies and similar to warrant a GDPR prompt?
No, it does not use cookies so no cookie prompt is needed.
I just checked your tracking code. It looks like you're using the locale storage to set a session id to track uniqueness. According to this [0] Stackexchange answer you will still have to display a cookie banner.
[0] https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2905...
Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#88Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thanks for mentioning https://www.userTrack.net , I'm the author and still working full-time on improving it. Let me know if you have any questions/remarks about userTrack.
Wow, that’s actually the first one (besides matomo which is rather enormous) that looks like a decent alternative to me with more than just bare-bones features. I’ll keep it in mind. And I really like the clear and to-the-point website. No, XCSme did not pay me for this comment ;)
Thanks for the kind words!
To be honest, I did work a lot on it, 6-7 years as a side-project and one year full-time. I think feature-wise userTrack is pretty comparable to Matomo (including some of their premium features that cost 400eur+/year). I also recently recreated the entire front-end from spaghetti jQuery to TypeScript+React+MaterialUI and implemented an auto-updater system. This means that I can now implement new features, fix bugs and distribute the updates to users very fast.
I am really glad that you like the landing page! I probably changed it like 200 times in the last 2 months (last change was 2 minutes ago). I still want to improve it (eg. some hero video actually showcasing the product, so you don't have to spend time understanding the demo).
PS: I hope that the BTC transfer was successful and thanks again for the comment! (jk)
Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#89Is there a way for me as a user to opt out of this tool other than relying on third party tools like uBlock? I'm starting to get annoyed by so many "privacy focused" tools with literally no consent options at all.
I haven't implemented it yet, but I plan to make it read the user's do not track setting and automatically opt out.
While this is much appreciated, keep in mind this does not work for Safari users.
Re: Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google Analytics
#90How useful are the metrics from non-GA sources trusted when validated traffic to various groups like investors, advertisers, etc?