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GoatCounter: the best Open Source alternative to Google Analytics in 2026

GoatCounter is extremely lightweight web analytics (a single Go binary) focused on privacy, built for blogs and personal sites that don't need a full GA4.

License EUPL-1.2 5.9k stars liveUpdated hace 8 díasWebsite GitHub Repository

Technical profile

License: EUPL-1.2
Category: Web Analytics
Replaces: Google Analytics
Tech stack: GoSQLite

Key features

Single binary, no external dependencies
Simple visits and referrers dashboard
No cookies or fingerprinting

GoatCounter vs. Google Analytics

Pros

The lightest deployment in the whole category

Things to consider

Not built for complex product analytics

Quick Docker installation guide

Copy this docker-compose.yml, adjust the example passwords and run docker compose up -d on your server. See the full step-by-step guide →

docker-compose.yml

version: "3.9"
services:
  goatcounter:
    image: ghcr.io/arp242/goatcounter:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
    command: ["serve", "-listen", ":8080", "-tls", "none"]
    volumes:
      - goatcounter_data:/home/goatcounter/db
volumes:
  goatcounter_data: