Docs metrics trial with Plausible

hugovk · July 3, 2023, 8:22pm

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!

hugovk · July 10, 2023, 1:13pm

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

github.com/python/steering-council

Docs metrics trial with Plausible

opened 01:13PM - 10 Jul 23 UTC

hugovk

In the [Docs Community](https://docs-community.readthedocs.io/) 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](https://plausible.io/) 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. I asked first on [DPO](https://discuss.python.org/t/docs-metrics-trial-with-plausible/28896?u=hugovk) and there were no objections (and 10x👍). Would a 30-day trial be okay with the Steering Council? Thanks!