arp242/goatcounter

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

GoatCounter is an open-source, privacy-friendly web analytics platform available as a free hosted service or a self-hosted Go application, designed as a simpler alternative to Google Analytics and Matomo. It tracks pageviews, referrers, browsers, and locations without cookies or personal data, and can be integrated via a script tag, tracking pixel, backend middleware, REST API, or log file parsing.

Use cases

• self-host privacy-friendly web analytics without cookies
• replace Google Analytics with a lightweight alternative
• track pageviews with a no-JavaScript tracking pixel
• import analytics from nginx or Apache log files
• count pageviews from backend middleware via REST API
• get GDPR-compliant site statistics without a consent banner

When to choose

• you want simple, meaningful pageview stats without complex dashboards
• GDPR/privacy compliance matters and you want to avoid consent banners
• you want to self-host analytics or own your data with easy export
• your site should stay lightweight (~3.5KB script or pixel-only)

When to avoid

• you need advanced features like funnels, session recordings, or event-level user tracking
• you require real-time dashboards or deep e-commerce analytics
• you need adblocker-proof tracking with unique user identification

Facets

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analytics self-hosted http-server api-framework analytics web-development privacy self-hosted self-hosted go cross-platform web-analytics privacy-friendly gdpr google-analytics-alternative tracking-pixel logfile-import no-cookies linux macos web-server

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