Piwik: Open Source Google Analytics Alternative

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by naish • 18 years ago

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_g8fe• 18 years ago

I think its really cool. Question is can they make it as good as google analytics.

food• 18 years ago

Nah, question is can YOU make it as good as google analytics. It's open source

goodkarma• 18 years ago

One of my favorite open source Google Analytics alternatives is phpTrafficA. You don't need to agree to Google's TOS to use it, and you can integrate it easily via either Javascript or two unobtrusive lines of PHP code. http://soft.zoneo.net/phpTrafficA/

gibsonf1• 18 years ago

We've been hesitating letting Google Analytics into our secured site. This looks like a great alternative.

SwellJoe• 18 years ago

We just added support for Piwik to Virtualmin. It's got a little while to go before it's a match for Google Analytics, but it makes great use of the latest in Open Source tools (like Open Flash Chart, which is a nice charting library)...and it still has the "needs a JavaScript bug" negative, though, realistically, there's no way to get all the data without one...but if you use more than one analytics package you end up spending a lot of time loading JS bugs on first visit.

I think I'd generally prefer locally generating my analytics reports. All that data has value (otherwise Google wouldn't want it so badly), and it probably has more value if it only belongs to me, though I may not be sure exactly how to make use of it.

Piwik: Open Source Google Analytics Alternative

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