Matomo is the leading Free/Libre open analytics platform.
Matomo is a full featured PHP MySQL software program that you download and install on your own webserver. At the end of the five minute installation process you will be given a JavaScript code. Simply copy and paste this tag on websites you wish to track and access your analytics reports in real time.
Matomo aims to be a Free software alternative to Google Analytics, and is already used on more than 1,400,000 websites. Privacy is built-in!
« To create, as a community, the leading international open source digital analytics platform, that gives every user full control of their data. »
Or in short:
« Liberate Web Analytics »
Matomo is released under the GPL v3 (or later) license, see misc/gpl-3.0.txt
- PHP 5.5.9 or greater
- MySQL version 5.5 or greater, or MariaDB
- PHP extension pdo and pdo_mysql, or the MySQLi extension.
- Matomo is OS / server independent
See https://matomo.org/docs/requirements/
- Upload matomo to your webserver
- Point your browser to the directory
- Follow the steps
- Add the given javascript code to your pages
- (You may also generate fake data to experiment, by enabling the plugin VisitorGenerator)
See https://matomo.org/docs/installation/
If you do not have a server or don't want to host yourself you can use our Matomo Cloud partner service (30 day free trial): https://www.innocraft.cloud/
Check out the online demo for Matomo at demo.matomo.org
For the list of all tickets closed in the current and past releases, see https://matomo.org/changelog/. For the list of technical changes in the Matomo platform, see https://developer.matomo.org/changelog.
We believe in liberating Web Analytics, providing a free platform for simple and advanced analytics. Matomo was built by dozens of people like you, and we need your help to make Matomo better… Why not participate in a useful project today? Learn how you can contribute to Matomo.
The Matomo project uses an ever-expanding comprehensive set of thousands of unit tests and hundreds of automated integration tests, system tests, JavaScript tests, and screenshot UI tests, running on a continuous integration server as part of its software quality assurance. Learn more
We use BrowserStack.com testing tool to help check the Matomo user interface is compatible with many browsers.
Security is a top priority at Matomo. As potential issues are discovered, we validate, patch and release fixes as quickly as we can. We have a security bug bounty program in place that rewards researchers for finding security issues and disclosing them to us.
Learn more or check out our HackerOne program.
For Free support, post a message in our community forums: forum.matomo.org
For Professional paid support, send a message to our network of Matomo professionals: matomo.org/support
Website: matomo.org
About us: matomo.org/team/
Contact us: matomo.org/contact/
What makes Matomo unique from the competition:
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Real time web analytics reports: in Matomo, reports are by default generated in real time. For high traffic websites, you can choose the frequency for reports to be processed.
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You own your web analytics data: since Matomo is installed on your server, the data is stored in your own database and you can get all the statistics using the powerful Matomo Analytics API.
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Matomo is a Free Software which can easily be configured to respect your visitors' privacy.
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Modern, easy to use User Interface: you can fully customize your dashboard, drag and drop widgets and more.
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Matomo features are built inside plugins: you can add new features and remove the ones you don’t need. You can build your own web analytics plugins or hire a consultant to have your custom feature built in Matomo
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Vibrant international Open community of more than 200,000 active users (tracking even more websites!)
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Advanced Web Analytics capabilities such as Ecommerce Tracking, Goal tracking, Campaign tracking, Custom Variables, Email Reports, Custom Segment Editor, Geo Location, Real time maps, and more!
Documentation and more info on https://matomo.org