---
title: "GoatCounter Privacy-First Web Analytics Platform"
description: "GoatCounter is an open source analytics platform for privacy-friendly pageview tracking, referrer reporting, and lightweight site stats. It can be used as a hosted service or self-hosted, and it supports JavaScript, backend API, and logfile-based ingestion paths."
verification: "security_reviewed"
source: "https://github.com/arp242/goatcounter"
author: "arp242"
category:
  - "Monitoring & Alerts"
framework:
  - "Multi-Framework"
tool_ecosystem:
  github_repo: "arp242/goatcounter"
  github_stars: 5628
---

# GoatCounter Privacy-First Web Analytics Platform

GoatCounter is an open source analytics platform for privacy-friendly pageview tracking, referrer reporting, and lightweight site stats. It can be used as a hosted service or self-hosted, and it supports JavaScript, backend API, and logfile-based ingestion paths.

## Installation

Choose whichever fits your setup:

1. Copy this skill folder into your local skills directory.
2. Clone the repo and symlink or copy the skill into your agent workspace.
3. Add the repo as a git submodule if you manage shared skills centrally.
4. Install it through your internal provisioning or packaging workflow.
5. Download the folder directly from GitHub and place it in your skills collection.

## Documentation

- https://www.goatcounter.com

## Source

- [Agent Skill Exchange](https://agentskillexchange.com/skills/goatcounter-privacy-first-web-analytics-platform/)