So I need a tiny bit of traffic analysis on my Ghost website, but like…tiny.
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@kissane Have you seen/considered Tinylytics? https://tinylytics.app/
I added Tinylytics to my site about a month ago to see if I can feel comfortable with even less than Plausible, and I definitely like it so far.
(The real standout feature for my particular use-case / fragile ego is Tinylytic's ability to let people add "kudos" to a post/page without logging in.)
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@kissane I'm happy with Matomo (formerly piwik) — possibly heavier than you need but FOSS, well maintained and privacy-friendly
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@dsalo GhostPro, I should have said!
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@kissane I use Pirsch, does the job, not a strong recommendation though because I’m sure there are others that are similar and also do the job.
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I should have clarified, I'm using GhostPro. I don't self-host anymore, my brain has too many things on it.
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@kissane https://matomo.org and https://umami.is are the other options I've looked at in the past.
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@ryanrandall Ooo thanks!
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@kissane I’ve definitely run into the problem that never track anything means you can’t like, honestly purchase a font
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@dingemansemark thank you!
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@gilhova Thank you!
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@simrob It's the silliest problem but I love the type designers and I want to do right!
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@kissane You could go SUPER basic with https://www.goatcounter.com which is open source and comes with a hosted version.
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@kissane how about just parsing your web servers logs? http://nginx.org/en/docs/syslog.html
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@kissane I'm starting to think we were onto something with website hit counters.
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@kissane I haven’t used all these, but researched a bit in the past. Could look at Countly, Piwik Pro”Core”, Umami.
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@000panther I'm not self-hosting, so I don't have them, alas.
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@kissane
Not sure if it's possible to add custom js to a GhostPro account, but perhaps this script might be worth a look:GitHub - berthubert/audience-minutes: generate statistics on the number of audience minutes your site is generating, and if readers make it to the end of your screeds
generate statistics on the number of audience minutes your site is generating, and if readers make it to the end of your screeds - berthubert/audience-minutes
GitHub (github.com)
Another option, if you can download logs is:
I've used it to analyse webserver logs offline & create statistical reports for other people. This might be a bit much for what seem to seek?
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Fun factoid in my very first real computer job out of undergrad my title was "Web Master" (two words) and analyzing logs was a good chunk of what I did, along with faking a CMS in, iirc, Perl. (The real CMS was me.)
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@BjornW Thank you!
