# ihucos/counter.dev

Web Analytics made simple

Repository: https://github.com/ihucos/counter.dev
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/counterdev
Homepage: https://counter.dev
Language: JavaScript
License: AGPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2026-04-29T10:10:56+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 68/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 79, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2306, "days_push": 126, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1007, forks 51 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:12.325346+00:00)

## What it is
Counter is a simple, privacy-friendly web analytics application built as a small Go server with static assets, storing data in Redis with SQL archiving. It tracks only aggregated data without cookies, fingerprinting, or IP logging, making it cheap to run and privacy-respecting.

## Use cases
- count unique visitors to my website
- privacy-friendly google analytics alternative
- self-hosted web analytics without cookies
- see which sites refer traffic to my site
- simple visitor counter for a web app
- lightweight analytics that runs on a cheap VPS

## When to choose
- you need simple, privacy-compliant analytics without cookies or user tracking
- you want a free or very cheap self-hosted analytics solution
- you only need aggregate metrics like unique daily visitors and referrals

## When to avoid
- you need detailed per-page analytics, funnels, or user journey tracking
- you require session-level or individual user behavior analysis
- you need advanced dashboards with custom events and segmentation

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: active
- function: analytics, http-server, web-framework
- domain: analytics, web-development, privacy, self-hosted
- platform: go, self-hosted
- tags: web-analytics, privacy-friendly, cookie-free, redis, go-server, visitor-counting, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- ihucos/counter.dev (main) score 68

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.325346+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:12:26.821987+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ihucos/counter.dev (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:12.325346+00:00, sha 29430f67758c)
  - homepage: https://counter.dev (fetched 2026-08-29T13:12:38.005940+00:00, sha 282309e24a28)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.