Website analytics
GoatCounter privacy rating
Open source web analytics that shows aggregate visitor counts without cookies or stored IP addresses. Available as a hosted service at goatcounter.com or as a self-hosted binary.
Summary
GoatCounter scores 73 out of 100 (grade C) on the website analytics criteria. It meets 7 of 11 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, TLS configuration, no cookies, no personal data and self-hostable. It does not meet independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests and security headers. It is based in Ireland: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes; EU member (GDPR). Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade F.
Score 73 out of 100. How scoring works
Criteria
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Yes
Open source Weight 3 of 3
Is all the source code needed to run the product public?
EUPL-1.2, with a shortened list of compatible licenses.
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Yes
No trackers or telemetry Weight 3 of 3
Are the website and apps free of third-party trackers, with any analytics anonymous and any telemetry off by default?
The website loads no third-party trackers, and the privacy policy states no information is shared with third parties.
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Yes
No ads or data sales Weight 2 of 3
Is the product funded without advertising, ad targeting or selling user data?
Funded by donations and paid plans, with no ads.
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No
Independent audit Weight 2 of 3
Has an independent security or privacy audit been published within the last three years?
No independent audit is published.
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No
Transparency report Weight 2 of 3
Does the provider regularly publish how many government and legal requests it receives and how it responds?
No transparency report or government request policy is published.
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No
Tells users about requests Weight 1 of 3
Does the provider promise to tell users about requests for their data, unless a court forbids it?
No published policy on notifying users about data requests.
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Yes
No cookies Weight 2 of 3
Does it count visitors without cookies or other identifiers stored on the device?
Nothing is stored in the browser with cookies, localStorage, cache or other methods.
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Yes
No personal data Weight 3 of 3
Does it avoid storing IP addresses and personal data, and never share data with advertisers?
IP addresses and User-Agent headers are only held in memory for session counting and never stored to disk.
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Yes
Self-hostable Weight 1 of 3
Can the analytics be self-hosted?
Official binaries and instructions for self-hosting are provided.
Automated tests
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Yes
TLS configuration Weight 2 of 3
Does the website pass the Qualys SSL Labs test with a grade of A or better?
Grade A
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No
Security headers Weight 1 of 3
Does the website pass the Mozilla HTTP Observatory test with a grade of A or better?
Grade F (15/100+)
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Not tested yet
Modern web standards Weight 1 of 3
Does the website score 90% or higher on the Internet.nl website test?
Not tested yet.