Plausible is a lightweight and open-source web analytics tool. Your website data is 100% yours and the privacy of your visitors is respected.
  • k_o_t
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    5 years ago

    Interesting, what do they charge you for tho if it’s foss?

    • fluffelOP
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      5 years ago

      I guess you’d have to pay to use their hosted version. I don’t think you have to pay them anything, if you get it working on your own infrastructure. But beware:

      At the moment we don’t provide support for easily self-hosting the code. Currently, the purpose of keeping the code open-source is to be transparent with the community about how we collect and process data.

      (from their README)

      • AgreeableLandscape
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        5 years ago

        For a web service, open sourcing the code means very little for ensuring that their service is as privacy oriented as they claim because it’s impossible to prove that what they have in the open source project is actually what they’re running on their own servers. They could also easily be using undisclosed extensions to the base open source site for collecting data and it’s impossible to prove they’re not doing it.

          • AgreeableLandscape
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            5 years ago

            I’m responding to their statement that “the purpose of keeping the code open-source is to be transparent with the community about how we collect and process data”, so I don’t see how I’m missing the point. They even say that they don’t have support for easy self-hosting.

            • fluffelOP
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              5 years ago

              Then I misunderstood you, I’m sorry. It still is MIT licensed though, so anyone could fork it or help them make is easier to self host. In the meantime maybe this helps.

      • k_o_t
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        5 years ago

        that’s what i thought initially, but if they’re hosting it, i guess it wouldn’t be very honest to write

        100 per cent data ownership

        but hey, it’s nice project in any case, libre analytics are important, kinda sucks they don’t accept crypto though :/