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Dev tools · October 6, 2020

Plausible – Self-Hosted Google Analytics alternative

Plausible Analytics is a privacy-friendly and open source Google Analytics alternative that you can install and self-host on your server.

Plausible – Self-Hosted Google Analytics alternative launched on October 6, 2020 with 351 votes, #44 of 4,018 launches that month and more than 99% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 6 years on.

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In plain words

Plausible is a self-hosted alternative to Google Analytics that allows developers and website owners to analyze their site traffic independently. Launched in 2020, it provides analytics functionality without relying on third-party services, making it suitable for those seeking privacy-focused tracking solutions. The tool appeals to technical teams who want to maintain full control over their analytics infrastructure and data.

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From the sources

The same code runs in two ways. Plausible Community Edition (CE) is the free, self-hosted, AGPL-licensed release: you run it on your own server and manage everything yourself. Our managed cloud service handles all of that for you, and revenue from subscriptions funds the ongoing development of Plausible. When you self-host, the work we do for cloud customers becomes your work. You own your backups, your server’s uptime, the capacity to handle your traffic, the speed of your dashboard and the filtering that keeps bots out of your stats. The control that makes self-hosting appealing also makes all of this your responsibility. Some of this is hard to match on your own. We monitor traffic…from plausible.io

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