Show HN: Consentless – A minimalist, privacy-preserving traffic counter
8 months ago
- #open-source
- #privacy
- #analytics
- Consentless is an open-source, minimalist, and privacy-preserving traffic counter.
- Designed for compliance with privacy laws like CCPA/CPRA, UCPA, GDPR without requiring consent.
- Tracks URL impressions only, avoiding IP addresses or personally identifiable information (PII).
- Time tracking is limited to minute precision to enhance user privacy.
- Can be installed on any VPS, hosted service, Docker container, or cloud.
- Client-side JavaScript is minimal (4 lines), server-side under 100 lines of code.
- Outputs CSV data to stdout, which can be redirected to a file or processed further.
- Uses image requests for tracking to avoid CORS issues and keep the snippet tiny.
- Data can be queried directly using tools like SQLite.
- Available on GitHub under MIT License.