Fathom — Simple, trustworthy website analytics

[heliostatic]

https://github.com/usefathom/fathom
https://usefathom.com/

A simple and privacy focused alternative to Google Analytics (and Matomo).

[girish]

Just found this myself today. Looks great! Simple installation as well. A commenter mentioned that it can currently only track one site.

[heliostatic]

@girish One site per install currently, yeah

[heliostatic]

@girish but they're working on that limitation currently: https://trello.com/b/x2aBwH2J/fathom-roadmap

[heliostatic]

@girish They've added multi-site support: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/pull/145

[heliostatic]

This would be great as a lighter alternative to Matomo.

[girish]

Fathom is now closed source - https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/issues/268

[murgero]

@girish More so, it actually seems there are going to be a community and paid version of the product:

https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/issues/268#issuecomment-495797960

Edit: V1 will continue to be open source, maintained and such. Meaning security updates will be had. This is acceptable in my book for those that want it. V2 is the closed source version, but it's also likely we can change the developers mind if there was more incentive to stay open in V2 as well.

[rubikscubeguy]

Would love to have Fathom on Cloudron. Any chance it's on the roadmap, Cloudron team?

[girish]

@rubikscubeguy fathom hasn't seen any development for a while now - https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/commits/master (they are mostly cosmetic changes).

[heliostatic]

A new, better option might be https://www.goatcounter.com/

[d19dotca]

@heliostatic Coincidentally GoatCounter was requested here just last week: https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/2091/goat-counter

[heliostatic]

@d19dotca Ha! Yes, just saw that I upvoted that post last week. Running it myself outside now outside of Cloudron, and finding it solid.

[robi]

Anyone have a few thoughts on how it compares to Ackee?

[girish]

I will close this because Fathom is not opensource anymore . They have kept fathom lite open but doesn't seem actively developed. For Fathom Lite use this thread - https://forum.cloudron.io/topic/6135/fathom-lite-simpler-privacy-focused-alt-to-google-analytics