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Hi guys, I've been working on a self-hostable web analytics platform since the start of this year after being frustrated with Google Analytics and Plausible.
I've packed a bunch of cool web analytics features into Rybbit, but I've tried very hard to keep the interface simple to use,
https://github.com/rybbit-io/rybbit
Check it out!
Is there any plans for a data migration feature from Plausible?
We have data migration plans in work but it doesn't appear that a plausible migration is possible
I've been using Plausible for a long time, will definately be checking this out.
Is it "reebit"? OR "Raybit" ?
it's "ribbit"
OpenBSD does not have a docker engine. Can this be installed without docker?
What's the advantages over awstats?
from what i know, awstats gets analytics from server-side logs while Rybbit uses a client side script. So not really and apples to apples comparison
The same advantages as all free and open source solution, it's free and open source. That means how much it's going to cost to your business is directly under your control. You can make a decision on how you acquire hardware based on your business's needs. If you want to add or change features you can decide how to do that based on the deals you have with your programmers (like pick the developer you have with the best skills and the lowest cost), and then you get to control how much it costs you and how reliable the result is going to be.
If you feel like the support you get from customer service from Amazon or Google or Microsoft is reliable enough and you don't need more reliability then go ahead and stick with paid products. But if you already have a team of really expensive and talented engineers you might as well let them solve problems with free and open source equipment.
A few more screenshots in case you don't want to leave the site
You're awesome. Thanks!
I have no idea how to use this, but this is amazing!
What should we try with the live demo? Neat stuff, it's this a long-term project?
hmm interesting im using matomo but im not liking how its increasingly becoming bloated and subscription based
Wow holy crap, great work - the world badly needs this. Im assuming the mechanism is the same, you inject a js script into your site. I'm also very interested in pure server side solutions for analytics, but they can't hit all the features you did in a generic way afaik
Yea, we use a client-side script like almost everyone else. The major difference is that we don't use cookies so you can avoid a lot of the cookie banner/GDPR nonsense.
Rybbit definitely isn't the first open source cookieless web analytics platform (Plausible and Umami are the two other big ones), but it's probably the most "all-in-one" of all these alternatives.
Question is the self-hosted version less featured than the paid hosted version?
This looks amazing btw.
Only very slightly so. One of the reasons I created Rybbit is because platforms like plausible and fathom have much inferior self-hosted versions (very limited featureset and basically never updated). We have a comparison here
@Goldflag
I appreciate the intent behind Rybbit, but I have to respectfully disagree with the "only very slightly so" characterization. Looking at your official comparison table, the self-hosted version is missing:
That's 7 significant features—which seems more than "very slightly" different.
More importantly, this raises AGPL compliance questions. Under AGPLv3 Section 13, if users interact with modified AGPL software over a network (your cloud version), you're required to make the complete corresponding source code available to those users. If these cloud-only features are integrated into the same AGPL-licensed codebase, withholding them from the public repo while running them as a network service appears to conflict with the license terms.
There are really only two compliant scenarios here:
If it's neither—if these are AGPL-covered features running in your cloud service but withheld from the repo—that's exactly the "loophole" the AGPL was designed to close. The irony is that you criticized Plausible and Fathom for having "much inferior self-hosted versions," yet this appears to be a similar approach.
Could you clarify the licensing status of these cloud-only features? Are they in the public repo but disabled by default, or are they proprietary additions that don't derive from the AGPL codebase?
AGPL means they are licensing it to you, they are not bound by the license because they are the copyright owners.
That's misleading. While copyright owners aren't bound by their own license, AGPL Section 13 requires that when they run AGPL software as a network service, they must make the complete source available to users.
The AGPL was specifically designed to close the "SaaS loophole." Being the copyright owner doesn't exempt you from AGPL's network service requirements if you're distributing under that license.
Aways a fan of alternate options, this looks quite tidy! I had a few thoughts / queries. Not at my system right now but I will test it out later.
I noticed in the screenshots you have a "users" page - but with a cookieless tracking system I would have assumed it wouldn't be reliable to identify a long term user past individual sessions? Are you doing some hefty finger printing?
Looking at your features table has a few statements that might need adjusting. Such as GA4's segmentation sequencing / filtering can be quite complex, I'd argue its not limited and potentially more advanced than Rybbit (not tested yet). It also has a user exploration feature.
Do you have any plans for a drag and drop style report creation, so that I could create reports with any dimensions / metrics and filter accordingly? I think that would bring a lot of flexibility to the platform for an individuals bespoke needs.
You mentioned being frustrated at Plausible. What did you not like about it?
I haven't tried Plausible, but it seemed popular
it didn't have enough features, especially since the community version is heavily nerfed (it's missing even funnels)