Liwan is a lightweight, privacy-first web analytics platform written in Rust. It provides accurate real-time analytics with a single self-contained binary and no database requirements.

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Apache-2.0
Deployment Difficulty
Easy
Language
Rust

Liwan is a lightweight web analytics platform focused on privacy and simplicity. Written in Rust using tokio for async I/O, it provides accurate real-time analytics while being efficient enough to run on minimal hardware.

Key Features

  • Simple Deployment:

    • Single self-contained binary
    • No database required
    • Minimal resource requirements
    • Quick setup process
    • Docker support
    • Easy migration
  • Privacy-Focused:

    • No cookies used
    • No cross-site tracking
    • No persistent identifiers
    • Self-hosted data storage
    • GDPR-compliant
    • Bot filtering
  • Analytics Capabilities:

    • Real-time visitor tracking
    • Page view analytics
    • Referrer tracking
    • Geographic data
    • Automated bot detection
    • Custom event support
  • Developer-Friendly:

    • Sub-1KB tracking script
    • Universal website compatibility
    • API access
    • Open source codebase
    • Extensible architecture
    • Performance optimized

Who Should Use Liwan

Liwan is ideal for:

  • Privacy-Conscious Users seeking cookie-free analytics
  • Developers wanting simple self-hosted tracking
  • Website Owners needing lightweight analytics
  • Organizations requiring efficient analytics solutions

Getting Started

Liwan offers straightforward deployment:

  1. Download & Run Binary:

    ./liwan
    
  2. Add Tracking Script:

    <script async src="https://your-domain/script.js"></script>
    

The platform provides immediate analytics capabilities while maintaining minimal resource usage and strong privacy standards.

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