# mnutt/hummingbird

Real time web analytics using node.js and web sockets

Repository: https://github.com/mnutt/hummingbird
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mnutt-hummingbird
Homepage: http://mnutt.github.com/hummingbird
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-01-29T04:41:12+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 61/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 64, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5988, "days_push": 216, "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 2935, forks 10 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.835284+00:00)

## What it is
Hummingbird is a self-hosted real-time web analytics application built on Node.js that tracks visitor activity via a 1x1 tracking pixel and stores metrics. It broadcasts live activity over WebSockets to a JavaScript widget dashboard, with GeoIP-based map visualization.

## Use cases
- track website visitors in real time
- self-hosted google analytics alternative
- see live traffic on a map
- log custom user events from web pages
- real-time analytics dashboard with websockets

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, self-hosted real-time analytics server
- you need to track arbitrary custom events via a tracking pixel
- you want a live websocket-driven dashboard of site activity

## When to avoid
- you need comprehensive analytics with funnels, retention, and reports
- you want a maintained product with modern Node.js support
- you need privacy-compliant cookieless analytics out of the box

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: analytics, http-server, websocket, data-visualization, web-scraping
- domain: analytics, web-development, self-hosted
- platform: self-hosted
- tags: tracking-pixel, real-time-dashboard, web-analytics, geoip, metrics, real-time, nodejs, web-server

## Member repositories
- mnutt/hummingbird (main) score 61

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.835284+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 2026-08-30T07:33:10.555010+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mnutt/hummingbird (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.835284+00:00, sha e5217f80f363)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.