Built a Free Analytics Platform, Here's Why

I run my own sites, and every time I set up analytics, the same cycle repeated. Install Google Analytics, add a cookie banner, feel weird about handing over my visitors’ browsing data to a company that already knows way too much about everyone. Try a privacy-friendly alternative, hit a paywall the moment traffic picks up. Rinse, repeat.

I figured there had to be a better way. Turns out, there wasn’t, so I made one.

Nanolytica is privacy-first analytics that runs without cookies, without consent banners, and without storing any personal data. IPs get hashed, Do Not Track is honored, and the whole thing is GDPR and CCPA compliant by design, not bolted on as an afterthought.

You sign up, paste one script tag on your site, and that’s it. Real-time dashboard, engagement tracking, scroll depth, referrer analysis, bot detection, it’s all there from the start.

Because I think basic analytics shouldn’t cost money. No tiers, no plans, no “upgrade to unlock” nonsense. You get unlimited pageviews, up to 50 sites, CSV exports, real-time data, everything. No credit card required, ever.

I built this because I needed it. And if I needed it, I figured a lot of other people did too.

The entire codebase is on GitHub under the MIT license. If you want to self-host it, clone the repo, build the single binary, and run it on your own server. Full control, no strings attached.

But most people just use the cloud version at nanolytica.org. Sign up takes 30 seconds and there’s nothing to maintain on your end.

Indie developers, bloggers, small business owners, anyone running a side project, basically anyone who wants clean, honest analytics without the baggage. If you’ve been looking for a reason to move on from Google Analytics, I’d love for you to give Nanolytica a try.

It’s free. It’s private. And it’s yours.

Head over to nanolytica.org and see what you think.