What it is

A lightweight open-source analytics script under 1KB that reports visitors, sources, pages and goals on one dashboard. It sets no cookies and stores no personal data or persistent identifiers, so EU sites need no consent banner. Community Edition is AGPLv3 and self-hostable.

Why it earns a slot

The fastest way to get a clean traffic dashboard on a blog or marketing site without adding a cookie banner or having a conversation with a lawyer.

Know before you commit

No permanent free cloud plan, only a 30-day trial. Community Edition ships just twice a year and omits funnels, user journeys, ecommerce revenue goals, SSO and the Sites API.

Getting started

npm i next-plausible

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Pricing snapshot

Starter $9/mo for 10K pageviews, Growth about $14/mo, Business about $19/mo. 30-day trial, no free plan. Community Edition self-host is free.

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Evaluate Plausible Analytics (https://plausible.io) for this project, then use it only if it fits what we are already building.
Context: Cookieless web analytics. A lightweight open-source analytics script under 1KB that reports visitors, sources, pages and goals on one dashboard. It sets no cookies and stores no personal data or persistent identifiers, so EU sites need no consent banner. Community Edition is AGPLv3 and self-hostable.
Reviewer notes (general, not written for this codebase): The fastest way to get a clean traffic dashboard on a blog or marketing site without adding a cookie banner or having a conversation with a lawyer.
Watch out for: No permanent free cloud plan, only a 30-day trial. Community Edition ships just twice a year and omits funnels, user journeys, ecommerce revenue goals, SSO and the Sites API.
Pricing: Starter $9/mo for 10K pageviews, Growth about $14/mo, Business about $19/mo. 30-day trial, no free plan. Community Edition self-host is free.
Setup: npm i next-plausible
Rules: treat the notes above as background only. Do not assume a theme, style, layout or feature that is not already in this project — inspect the existing code first and ask me before changing visual direction.

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