I'm looking for a free solution that can scale infinitely to track visitor metrics for trending pages. Most of the options I find online are paid services, which isn't what I need. I want to keep it lightweight and ensure there's no performance impact. I'm also wary of bots and fake views messing with the data. I'm curious if there are any open-source solutions or if paid options are the only way to go. For context, I'm using Nuxt for the front end and Directus for the API—does that matter?
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You should definitely try out Cloudflare Web Analytics. It’s free, pretty lightweight, and it scales well while providing solid bot filtering. Plus, it could integrate seamlessly with your Nuxt setup since you’re using Cloudflare Pages.
You’re aiming high with the infinite scale request! For something lightweight and free (if you self-host), check out Umami or Plausible. Both are much easier on the system compared to Google Analytics and come with basic bot filtering right out of the box. If you're looking for more than just page views, PostHog is another solid option with a generous free tier, but it may be a bit complex if all you want is page tracking.
This seems a bit too polished. Do people really highlight company names like that?
Awesome! I can definitely plug that into my site.