Docs metrics trial with Plausible

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In the Docs Community monthly meetings, we’ve discussed the need for gathering some metrics of page views from the docs:

  • This would help translators prioritise and focus their effort on the most popular pages
  • Likewise it would help us see which pages could most benefit from a rewrite or update

Plausible looks a promising choice:

  • open source
  • simple and lightweight, easy-to-use
  • no cookies and compliant with GDPR, CCPA and PECR
  • not as invasive as Google Analytics
  • paid option, hosted in the EU
  • free version, for self-hosting

The Docs Community would like to run a 30-day trial of the hosted version for https://docs.python.org. This would let us know how many page views we’d get, so we can see at what pricing level we’d need for paid hosting, and whether to consider self-hosting.

Are there any objections to a 30-day trial?

If not, I’ll next run this past the steering council.

Thanks!

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No objections here, so I’ve asked the SC:

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SC said yes to a trial, I’ll set it up.

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