Lightweight, privacy-first web analytics that needs no cookie banner.
Why we recommend it
It is cookieless and GDPR-friendly by design, so you get useful traffic data without adding a consent popup that costs you visitors.
Strengths
- No cookie banner required
- Very lightweight script
- Open source and self-hostable
Drawbacks
- Less granular than Google Analytics
- Paid unless you self-host
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