Umami Has a Free Analytics Dashboard — Open-Source, Self-Hosted, No Cookies Required

My personal site had Google Analytics for years. One day I checked the report size: GA was loading 73KB of JavaScript on every page. For a blog with 500-word posts, the analytics weighed more than the content. I switched to Umami. 2KB script. Same data I actually use. Self-hosted on a free Vercel instance. What You Get Free Umami is open-source (MIT license): No cookies — GDPR compliant by default 2KB script — lightweight, doesn't slow your site Real-time data — visitors, page views, events Multiple websites — track unlimited sites Custom events — track button clicks, form submissions User journey — see how visitors navigate your site Teams — share access with collaborators API — full REST API for custom integrations Dark mode — beautiful dashboard out of the box Data retention — keep data forever (self-hosted) Quick Start # Clone and deploy git clone https://github.com/umami-software/umami cd umami # Configure database (PostgreSQL or MySQL) echo "DATABASE_URL=postgresql://user:pass@lo