Consentless – A minimalist, privacy-preserving traffic counter
Several years ago I started tracking my own website stats using a minimal counter that preserves user privacy. I wrote about that in my article, Private Analytics and the Raspberry Pi in my Bedroom. The original version was a PHP script. It's been working well for several years, but I had some hardware trouble with the Raspberry Pi. So, this week I took those concepts and wrote Consentless as a Go application to replace that original script and I created some initial documentation.
In plain words
Consentless is a minimalist website traffic counter built as a Go application that tracks visitor statistics while preserving user privacy. It requires no user consent and was developed as a replacement for a long-running PHP-based analytics system. The tool is designed for website owners who want basic traffic insights without collecting extensive personal data or relying on complex third-party services.
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