THthunderbong·Jan 17, 2025Submission
Ahoy: Simple, powerful, first-party analytics for Rails
3 points · Open discussionankane
ahoy
Ruby2011–2025
ankane / ahoy
ahoy
Simple, powerful, first-party analytics for Rails
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15Mentions
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Simple, powerful, first-party analytics for Rails
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- ankane/blazer · linked in 3 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
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HN mentions by year15 dated mentions
Observed mentions: 2011-06-02 02:16:10 UTC to 2025-01-17 20:51:03 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2011 | 2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2012 | 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2013 | 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2014 | 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 2025 | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
15 sourcesanalytics is built with ahoy https://github.com/ankane/ahoy. the project is open source if you need more details https://github.com/adrienpoly/rubyvideo
Hosting is in Europe on Hetzner maybe it explains your response time. Where are you located?
what are the response time you are getting ?
In Ruby Video – On a mission to index all Ruby conferencesHe's also done a ton outside the AI space:
https://github.com/ankane/pretender makes it super easy to impersonate a different user in a rails app
https://github.com/ankane/ahoy is first party analytics for rails
https://github.com/ankane/blazer is BI built into rails
https://github.com/ankane/field_test is A/B testing
This kind of stuff is why rails is so productive for a normal web app. Sure, there are better vendor and point solutions for each of these, but the ability to drop in a gem, do some configuration and have a 80% solution lets you ship so. damn. fast.
In Transformers for RubyI've slowly started ripping Google Analytics out of my Rails projects and replacing it with https://github.com/ankane/ahoy.
It's so much better! I can just use SQL to see what's going in and not get overwhelmed with 100's of visualizations and complicated dashboards.
In Italian watchdog bans use of Google AnalyticsI use https://github.com/ankane/ahoy and quite happy with it
In Show HN: Counter – Simple and Free Web AnalyticsAnkane/ahoy: Simple, powerful, first-party analytics for Rails
1 points · Open discussionFor Rails, there's Ahoy: https://github.com/ankane/ahoy
In Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google AnalyticsIf you're using Ruby on Rails, perhaps consider the "Ahoy Matey" AKA "Ahoy" free and open source gem created by Instacart [1].
I've used it in my personal projects and have never had any issues. It's great to have no vendor lock-in and full ownership of user metric data. If you go this route, please be responsible with the data and follow all relevant regulations & guidelines (ex: GDPR) regarding its storage and usage.
[1]: https://github.com/ankane/ahoy
In Lightweight Alternatives to Google AnalyticsIf your app is already built with Rails, adding https://github.com/ankane/ahoy is pretty simple. Combine with https://github.com/ankane/blazer and you can build a reasonable set of reports as well.
It's pretty simple to extend too: I've added basic client-side (JavaScript) error reporting on top of it, and I'm thinking about using it for Content Security Policy reporting too.
In Lightweight Alternatives to Google AnalyticsAhoy https://github.com/ankane/ahoy is an interesting tool that we use to replace Google Analytics in most projects now.
It covers all the basic needs, and even if you're not using Rails, I think you can draw inspiration from it!
In Ask HN: Good tech talks on how analytics systems are implemented?I'm using ahoy https://github.com/ankane/ahoy with my Rails applications and I'm very happy with it. Geocoder using the IP is included and the thing that matters for me is being able to set an additional conversion flag on the visit.
In Show HN: I replaced Google Analytics with simple log-based analyticsJust to share for anyone interested in the Rails gems I'm using.
An asynchronous worker manager is helpful for handling cron jobs, mail tasks, and various batch processes that can be loaded into memory (mostly Redis) but processed later.
I use the gem Sidekiq which, as is, provides a UI and API that I rely heavily on. I might just not know the best practices, but I definitely find this valuable.
The BI tools are not something found in most ecosystems. Not to mention dead simple setup. I use two gems, Ahoy and Blazer, which together provide a simple API for event tracking and saving database queries.
[1]: https://sidekiq.org/
[2]: https://github.com/ankane/ahoy
[3]: https://github.com/ankane/blazer
In Why I believe Rails is still relevant in 2019I can recommend https://github.com/ankane/ahoy for Rails
In Show HN: Minimal Google Analytics SnippetAhoy is a great tool to do just that, if you use Ruby on Rails: https://github.com/ankane/ahoy
In Show HN: I made a privacy-first minimalist Google AnalyticsSee how traffic sources perform over time with Ahoy
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