# Self-hosted website analytics

[  
  ](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/becausebirds-com-current-homepage.jpg)[![because birds plausible analytics.jpg](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/scaled-1680-/because-birds-plausible-analytics.jpg)](https://birding.wiki/uploads/images/gallery/2023-03/because-birds-plausible-analytics.jpg)

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-the-current-2023-loo" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; border-width: 1px; background-color: #ecf0f1;"><colgroup><col style="width: 99.876543%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr><td class="align-center" style="border-width: 1px;">The Plausible Analytics dashboard which shows aggregate data only.</td></tr></tbody></table>

---


### Description

I value user data privacy and have made efforts to remove unnecessary tracking scripts and code from organizations like Google from my websites. For many years I ran, like most websites, [Google Analytics](https://analytics.google.com) to measure and understand visitors.

In May 2022, I learned of an open-source website analytics software with a focus on user privacy, called [Plausible Analytics](https://plausible.io). I chose to set up a new webserver to run this self-host this software and replaced Google Analytics completely with it.

In the spirit of transparency, my website analytics are public-facing and can be viewed by anyone.

[View Because Birds website analytics](https://becausebirds.com/website-metrics)

---

### Technical details

Plausible Analytics uses no cookies and is fully compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR. It's lightweight and easy to set up in a Docker environment.

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-content-management-s" style="border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 244px;"><colgroup><col style="width: 50%;"></col><col style="width: 50%;"></col></colgroup><tbody><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">**Platform**  
</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">[Plausible Analytics](https://plausible.io)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">**Domain**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">[metrics.becausebirds.com](https://metrics.becausebirds.com)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">**Server type**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">[Virtual Private Server (VPS)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server)</td></tr><tr style="height: 35px;"><td style="height: 35px;">**Server host**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 35px;">[Digital Ocean droplet](https://m.do.co/c/a518451f8061)</td></tr><tr style="height: 29px;"><td style="height: 29px;">**Server details**</td><td class="align-center" style="height: 29px;">1GB memory / 25GB disk</td></tr></tbody></table>