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I built my own analytics tool out of frustration — and now I’m stuck at 7 users
Like most devs, I build way too many small tools, landing pages, experiments... Some of them get traffic. Most don’t. But I still like knowing whether anyone actually landed there. That’s where analytics usually comes in — and that’s where the pain starts. Why existing tools annoyed me I’ve tried them all: Google Analytics — bloated, weird UI, needs a cookie banner, feels creepy Fathom / Plausible — solid, but pricing adds up if you’ve got 10+ small projects Matomo — too heavy, and self-hosting just drains my soul Server logs — noisy and not enough insight All I wanted was: pageviews top paths referrers device types country-level location ...and I wanted that without cookies, fingerprinting, or sketchy tracking. So I built my own thing It’s called Satsu. It’s free. No cookies. No fingerprinting. No GDPR drama. Just a small JS snippet and a clean, fast dashboard. I built it for myself, but figured: maybe other devs feel this pain too? The reality check So far? 7 users. One is me Three are friends Two are the same guy One probably came from Reddit
Like most devs, I build way too many small tools, landing pages, experiments...
Some of them get traffic. Most don’t. But I still like knowing whether anyone actually landed there.
That’s where analytics usually comes in — and that’s where the pain starts.
Why existing tools annoyed me
I’ve tried them all:
- Google Analytics — bloated, weird UI, needs a cookie banner, feels creepy
- Fathom / Plausible — solid, but pricing adds up if you’ve got 10+ small projects
- Matomo — too heavy, and self-hosting just drains my soul
- Server logs — noisy and not enough insight
All I wanted was:
- pageviews
- top paths
- referrers
- device types
- country-level location
...and I wanted that without cookies, fingerprinting, or sketchy tracking.
So I built my own thing
It’s called Satsu.
It’s free. No cookies. No fingerprinting. No GDPR drama. Just a small JS snippet and a clean, fast dashboard.
I built it for myself, but figured: maybe other devs feel this pain too?
The reality check
So far?
7 users.
- One is me
- Three are friends
- Two are the same guy
- One probably came from Reddit
