{"id":17468,"date":"2013-06-24T13:01:18","date_gmt":"2013-06-24T05:01:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/?p=17468"},"modified":"2024-08-19T19:06:53","modified_gmt":"2024-08-19T11:06:53","slug":"piwik-open-source-web-analytics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/piwik-open-source-web-analytics\/","title":{"rendered":"Piwik: The Ultimate Open Source Web Analytics Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> This post was first published on June 24, 2013.<\/p>\n<p>As website or app owners, we all desire <strong>clear and precise statistics on who visits<\/strong> our websites, where they are from, how long they stayed, what they clicked on, and more. Importantly, we want this <strong>without our data being sold to third parties<\/strong> and <strong>without invading our visitors\u2019 online privacy<\/strong> as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hongkiat.com\/blog\/google-analytics-why-you-probably-dont-need-the-rest\/\">Google Analytics<\/a> and other services often do.<\/p>\n<p>Let me introduce you to <strong>Piwik<\/strong>. In this article, I will showcase the features and the amazing tools this <strong>self-hosted, decentralized, open-source Web analytics platform<\/strong> offers.<\/p>\n<h2>Getting Started with Piwik<\/h2>\n<p>Piwik is compatible with almost any server, thanks to its open-source nature and continuous updates to support the latest hardware and software. You can <strong>install Piwik on multiple servers at no cost<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/piwik-open-source-web-analytics\/piwik-install.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" alt=\"Piwik Installation Process\"><\/figure>\n<p>After uploading the necessary files to your server, simply <strong>visit your Piwik directory in a web browser and follow the easy step-by-step installation process<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h2>Piwik Dashboard<\/h2>\n<p>The Piwik dashboard may look familiar if you\u2019ve used other popular analytic tools like Google Analytics.<\/p>\n<p>This dashboard is the central hub for your most important statistics. You can <strong>add, replace, or move widgets<\/strong>, providing quick access to the stats and widgets you use most frequently.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/piwik-open-source-web-analytics\/piwik-dashboard.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"244\" alt=\"Piwik Dashboard\"><\/figure>\n<h3>Detailed Stats<\/h3>\n<p>Dive deeper into the app to find Piwik\u2019s extensive and useful statistics. It offers detailed insights about your most recent visitors and organizes information that is valuable to website operators.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.hongkiat.com\/uploads\/piwik-open-source-web-analytics\/piwik-stats.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"493\" alt=\"Piwik Detailed Stats\"><\/figure>\n<p>Despite its minimalistic design, Piwik\u2019s stats are easy for beginners to read and interpret. Furthermore, Piwik ensures that your data remains private and is not shared with third parties, unlike other popular services.<\/p>\n<h3>Advantages<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Free and Open Source<\/li>\n<li>Complete ownership of your website data<\/li>\n<li>Supports multiple websites on a single install<\/li>\n<li>Easy setup and installation<\/li>\n<li>Advanced browser plugin identification<\/li>\n<li>Site search statistics<\/li>\n<li>Active open-source community<\/li>\n<li>Advanced real-time visitor statistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Disadvantages<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Requires a server for setup, which may not be convenient for everyone<\/li>\n<li>Somewhat less polished design compared to other services<\/li>\n<li>Manual updates are required to access new features<\/li>\n<li>Limitations on team registration for analytics viewing<\/li>\n<li>Lacks features for sharing your statistics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Conclusion<\/h2>\n<p>Piwik offers a plethora of neat and useful features and is highly recommended for any website or analytics needs. Its open-source nature makes it even more appealing, as it continuously benefits from community contributions and updates.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This post was first published on June 24, 2013. As website or app owners, we all desire clear and precise statistics on who visits our websites, where they are from, how long they stayed, what they clicked on, and more. Importantly, we want this without our data being sold to third parties and without&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3398],"tags":[3201,1026],"topic":[4523,4521],"class_list":["entry-content","is-maxi"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.8 (Yoast SEO v27.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Piwik: The Ultimate Open Source Web Analytics Platform - Hongkiat<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Note: This post was first published on June 24, 2013. 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