Pirsch

Pirsch is a privacy-focused web analytics platform designed to provide actionable insights without invasive tracking. It serves as a lightweight, open-source alternative to traditional analytics suites, offering essential metrics for websites and web applications while remaining compliant with strict privacy regulations such as GDPR. By operating without cookies and avoiding personal data collection, Pirsch helps organizations measure performance responsibly and transparently.

The platform tracks page views, sessions, referrers, devices, and geographic distribution using a server-side or JavaScript-based integration that adds minimal overhead. It offers real-time analytics, custom event tracking, goal conversions, and funnel analysis to help teams understand user behavior and measure the effectiveness of content or campaigns. Pirsch provides clean, configurable dashboards, shareable reports, and filters for segmenting traffic by source, device type, or URL structure. Its API and first-class integrations (including popular frameworks, static site generators, and backend languages) make it straightforward to embed analytics into existing workflows and internal tools.