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Plausible

Lightweight, privacy-friendly website analytics

Web Analytics ★ 28.4k stars Medium setup AGPL-3.0

Plausible is a lightweight, open-source, privacy-friendly web analytics tool that needs no cookies and is GDPR compliant. It targets site owners who want simple, ethical analytics. It is deployed via Docker.

Key features

  • Cookie-free and GDPR compliant
  • Tiny tracking script
  • Clean single-page dashboard
  • Goal and funnel tracking

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Privacy-friendly by design
  • Simple and fast
  • Lightweight script

Trade-offs

  • Self-host needs Postgres and ClickHouse
  • Fewer deep reports than Matomo

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