GoatCounter
About this project
GoatCounter is an open source web analytics platform available as a (free) hosted service or self-hosted app. It aims to offer easy to use and meaningful privacy-friendly web analytics as an alternative to Google Analytics or Matomo.
There are two ways to run this: as hosted service on goatcounter.com, or run it on your own server. The source code is completely Open Source/Free Software, and it can be self-hosted without restrictions.
See docs/rationale.md for some more details on the "why?" of this project.
There's a live demo at https://stats.arp242.net.
Please consider contributing financially.
There are three ways:
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Add the JavaScript code on your site; this is the easiest and most common method. Detailed documentation for this is available at https://www.goatcounter.com/code
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Use the HTTP/REST API, for example from your backend server middleware. Detailed documentation for this is available at https://www.goatcounter.com/api#backend-integration