Piwik is the leading Free/Libre open source Web Analytics software.
Piwik is a full featured PHP MySQL software program that you download and install on your own webserver. At the end of the five minute installation process you will be given a JavaScript code. Simply copy and paste this tag on websites you wish to track and access your analytics reports in real time.
Piwik aims to be a Free software alternative to Google Analytics, and is already used on more than 250,000 websites.
« To create, as a community, the leading international Free/Libre web analytics application, providing access to all functionality through open components and open APIs. »
Or in short:
« Liberate Web Analytics »
Piwik is released under the GPL v3 (or later) license, see misc/gpl-3.0.txt
- PHP 5.1.3 or greater
- MySQL 4.1 or greater, and either MySQLi or PDO library must be enabled
- Piwik is OS / server independent
See http://piwik.org/docs/requirements/
- Upload piwik to your webserver
- Point your browser to the directory
- Follow the steps
- Add the given javascript code to your pages
See http://piwik.org/docs/installation/
You can generate fake data to play with by enabling the plugin VisitorGenerator in "Settings".
See http://piwik.org/changelog/
What makes Piwik unique from the competition:
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Real time web analytics reports: in Piwik, reports are by default generated in real time. For high traffic websites, you can choose the frequency for reports to be processed.
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You own your web analytics data: since Piwik is installed on your server, the data is stored in your own database and you can get all the statistics using the powerful Piwik Analytics API.
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Piwik is a Free Software which can easily be configured to respect your visitors privacy.
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Modern, easy to use User Interface: you can fully customize your dashboard, drag and drop widgets and more.
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Piwik features are built inside plugins: you can add new features and remove the ones you don’t need. You can build your own web analytics plugins or hire a consultant to have your custom feature built in Piwik
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Vibrant international Open community of more than 100,000 active users (tracking even more websites!)
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Advanced Web Analytics capabilities such as Ecommerce Tracking, Goal tracking, Campaign tracking, Custom Variables, Email Reports, and more!
Documentation and more info on http://piwik.org