MKmkozak·Jan 13, 2022
I'm using Ackee (https://github.com/electerious/Ackee) - it doest everything I need it to, you can self-host it and it's quite fast
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Ackee
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electerious / Ackee
Ackee
Self-hosted, Node.js based analytics tool for those who care about privacy.
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| 2015 | 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 3 | 0 | 3 |
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| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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8 sourcesAckee v2: Privacy-focused website analytics
3 points · Open discussionHere is another to add to that list. They just hit 2.0 this week.
https://github.com/electerious/Ackee
In Umami: Self-hosted open-source alternative to Google AnalyticsAckee 2.0: Self-hosted analytics tool for those who care about privacy
1 points · Open discussionEvent tracking is probably the best way learn more about your uses. It's something I will definitely look into as soon as all the basics are done.
I've created an issue for it if you want to keep an eye on the progress: https://github.com/electerious/Ackee/issues/40
In Show HN: Ackee – Self-hosted website analyticsGlad you like it!
There's still a lot missing in Ackee, but even with all the features I'm planning to add it will never be a full replacement for Google Analytics. And I think that's the best about Ackee. Because not everyone needs full-featured marketing analytics with tons of options and insights.
Ackee can also show page views, but it's not implemented in the UI, yet. This is the same for browser, system, visit duration and other insights (all of them are optional to track and turned off by default). Keep an eye on https://github.com/electerious/Ackee/issues/35 to know when it's ready.
In Show HN: Ackee – Self-hosted website analytics> for those who care about privacy.
As a user, I dont see tracking by specifically google being the problem; what I'm against is being tracked _at all_ - by anyone, self hosted or not.
There's "caring about privacy" in the subheadings, yet there's a whole section in docs about collecting private data [1]. Empty words.
I've used goaccess [2] in the past to provide traffic analytics. It reads from nginx/apache logs. You only get access to what browsers send anyway, and users who alter their user agents are in the minority, so they wont affect analytics much.
[1] https://github.com/electerious/Ackee/blob/1cf7779/docs/Anony...
[2] https://goaccess.io/
In Show HN: Ackee – Self-hosted website analyticsAckee: polished, easy-to-use website analytics tool
2 points · Open discussion