Umami Has a Free Privacy-First Web Analytics — Beautiful Dashboards Without the Bloat

A developer wanted analytics for his side project. Google Analytics felt like bringing a cannon to a pillow fight. He just needed to know: how many visitors and where from. The Analytics Overkill Most developers need 5 metrics: visitors, page views, referrers, countries, devices. Google Analytics gives you 500 metrics, 47 reports, and requires a PhD to navigate. Umami is a free, self-hosted analytics tool focused on simplicity. One beautiful dashboard, zero tracking, GDPR-compliant. What Umami Offers for Free Privacy-First - No cookies, no tracking, no personal data collected Beautiful UI - Clean, modern dashboard Real-time - Live visitor count Multiple Sites - Track unlimited websites from one dashboard Custom Events - Track button clicks, form submissions API - Full REST API for programmatic access Teams - Share dashboards with team members 1-Line Install - Single script tag, nothing else Lightweight - Tiny tracking script Quick Start docker compose up -d # Add to your site: # <scrip