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+++ categories = [] date = 2019-12-17T12:51:00Z draft = true slug = "serverside-stats-for-caddyserver-with-goaccess" tags = [] title = "Server-side analytics for Caddyserver using Goaccess"

+++ I'll start off with a very obvious disclaimer: If you're not self-hosting your site with Caddy, this is not for you.

With the ever looming reality of Google controlling too much of the web, I decided to start making a change on a personal level, and ditch Google Analytics for my blog. I however did like having some statistics to know what content works the best for me and direct my efforts towards putting more of it out for the world to see.

I did some digging around, and came across Goaccess, a server-side log analyzer that pairs with nearly all possible log formats to generate HTML, CSV and/or JSON reports.

{{< gfycat DapperPlaintiveAmericanrobin >}}

Except all guides I found