Anyone using Open Web Analytics?

Bloke · 2021-06-08 22:30:26

Has anyone tried OWA? And if so, what do you think of it?

I’m after something super lightweight and self-hosted to report basic usage stats on a site – clicks, bounce rates, etc. Can’t really justify Simple Analytics, as much as I’d like to, as this is a free gig. I’ve used Matomo (aka Piwik) before and I’m happy installing that, but before I take the plunge just wondered if anyone had any experience in OWA as an alternative. I’m a tad bewildered by all the tracking options and wonder if this tool might be overkill.

singaz · 2021-06-09 14:34:30

I use this: http://www.fri-stats.com/

Demo site : http://www.fri-stats.com/stats/

It is interesting to observe how the robots visit the textpattern engine:

No one knows that the site uses statistics

Bloke · 2021-06-09 16:41:40

Not heard of that. Interesting how it bypasses some ad blockers. The demo is slow but it might be their server. I’ve downloaded it and will have a look, thanks. Might need to brush up on my Russian first though ;)

singaz · 2021-06-09 17:23:00

The base for collecting statistics is installed on your server.

General visit with a code like this:

<txp:php>include "stats/c.php";</txp:php>

A bot filtering request with the following code:

<script src="data:text/javascript;charset=utf-8;base64,ZG9jdW1lbnQud3JpdGUoJzxpbWcgc3R5bGU9ImRpc3BsYXk6bm9uZSIgc3JjPSIvZnJpL2MucGhwP3JlZj0nK2VzY2FwZShkb2N1bWVudC5yZWZlcnJlcikrJyZ1cmw9Jytlc2NhcGUoZG9jdW1lbnQuVVJMKSsnJnNjcj0nKygodHlwZW9mKHNjcmVlbik9PSJ1bmRlZmluZWQiKT8iIjpzY3JlZW4ud2lkdGgrIiB4ICIrc2NyZWVuLmhlaWdodCkrJyI+Jyk="></script>

We don’t tell anyone that we are collecting statistics.
No one can find out that we are collecting statistics

I asked the author to make an English version, he is in no hurry.

frickinmuck · 2023-08-07 21:56:48

Did you ever come up with a solution? I really want to get away from Google Analytics, but it’s hard to know which alternative is best/will work best with Textpattern. Any suggestions?

bici · 2023-08-07 22:11:31

frickinmuck wrote #335627:

Did you ever come up with a solution? I really want to get away from Google Analytics, but it’s hard to know which alternative is best/will work best with Textpattern. Any suggestions?

I have deleted all google stuff. I too am looking for basic alaterative. this > www.fri-stats.com. is dead

whocarez · 2023-08-08 05:25:03

I switched several years ago to a self hosted Matomo solution. It offers almost the same functionality as GA, is open source and has also a basic mobile app.
They offer also a cloud hosted service, but it is not really cheap.

Last edited by whocarez (2023-08-08 05:58:37)

dos · 2023-08-08 06:49:39

The market for analytics is quite lively.

For small projects I’d take a look at GoatCounter and Tinylytics.

For bigger projects Matomo or Fathom.

bici · 2023-08-08 16:34:46

dos wrote #335630:

For small projects I’d take a look at GoatCounter

perfect for me wee needs. thanks

agovella · 2023-08-08 19:11:51

I moved to Plausible: http://plausible.io/

GDPR compliant with no pop-ups needed on your site. Small monthly fee and good overall stats.

That said, my host still has AW Stats running , accessible via cPanel, and that’s still pretty comprehensive, GDPR compliant, and free.

bici · 2023-08-11 20:20:20

dos wrote #335630:

For small projects I’d take a look at GoatCounter

So I have it now working on my 3 small sites. What a breath of fresh air. The UI is pleasant and simple. It’s all I need.
<RANT> I am so tired and pissed at the Goole’s UI for GA and for that matter Gmail (which I am weening off of). Goole are such UI asshats! </RANT>

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