Self-hosted analytics for our apps

[olizilla]

Analytics and usage metrics would show us what features of our apps are getting used and which are not. This would help us make better decisions on what areas need more work.

Agregating usage analytics works well as a centralised service. We can set up our own self-hosted analytics server for the job, rather than relying on 3rd parties, and we can ensure that our apps inform the user about the data that is being captured and why.

Existing self-hosted analytics solutions to research

• https://count.ly/
• https://usefathom.com/
• http://www.openwebanalytics.com/
• https://matomo.org/ (formerly piwik)

[olizilla]

https://riot.im uses a banner to announce the analytics to the user and it is opt-in

There is a link that shows you what data is captured too

[cobyalmond]

Hi @olizilla I've been following the larger project since it was announced and I'd like to contribute toward this aspect, if I can.

[SgtPooki]

cleaning up old issue. we're using countly for now though we may switch to plausible.io in the future.