Has anyone used any alternative to Google analytics?

[cpsyctc2]

I am intrigued to find that my Rblog site has grown to 41 posts in three years! I had thought I was analysing hits with a google tag but clearly had made a mess of that. I've now fixed that and the "live" view in Google analytics is now showing my visits (!) I assume that the snapshot takes a day or two build its database before showing analyses. However, I would really like to move away from Google for analytics, I am successfully moving my web sites to other systems. I have a sense that someone will have achieved analytics for a distill blog without using Google so I'd really like not to reinvent the wheel!

Any suggestions? I'd particularly appreciate any advice on code necessary.

TIA,

Chris

[Blaumaus]

Hi, may I suggest Swetrix as an alternative? It's open-source, cookieless and easy to use.

[cpsyctc2]

Thanks Blaumaus. It looks impressive and I'd like to support something from Ukraine and move from Gurgle but my work is entirely unfunded so I feel reluctant to spend even what seems a very fair price (for funded things). I will think about it.

[cderv]

FWIW Plausible.io is another option.

Another tool I know is Matomo which offer a self hosted version, which can be useful in some cases.

[cpsyctc2]

Thanks, Sadly for me even the cheapest option for Plausible is beyond me (see above). I used Matomo for a while for my web site statistics but ran into problems with it there that led me to drop it (stayed with WPStatistics) and I'd be a bit reluctant to go back there. Still looking but thanks!