Piwik

Piwik is written in PHP and MySQL, and like Google Analytics needs the webmaster to embed a JavaScript tracking code into his website.

Once properly setup, unlike Google Analytics, Piwik works from the webmaster's server, keeping all the tracked data in-house.

This increases a site's privacy and security, and allows the developer to control the service in any way he wishes.

Piwik works practically in the same way Google Analytics does, providing lots of features and data tracking opportunities.

Once data gathered, where possible, Piwik uses charts and graphics to illustrate site usage.

System requirements

• PHP 5.3.2 or higher

What is new in this release:

• Make Piwik opt-out feature work on safari and internet explorer
• Reorganize reports in Devices and Softwares
• Improve the "Device model" report by prefixing the model with the brand name
• Add a Search field to the ‘Manage websites' tables (use case thousands of websites)
• JavaScript tracking: automatically consider HTML5 download attributes as file downloads
• Ability to use Redis to store sessions
• Provide extended core:archive logger output messages for easier monitoring
• Log which segments are currently being archived
• Better logging in archiver and Task scheduler
• Piwik.js Exclude extensions as downloads via new function: `removeDownloadExtensions`
• New design for Maintenance mode
• New design for Updater screen
• Add Help link to top menu
• Refreshed the copy of "Help" page
• Make it easier to see how to edit a Goal
• "Manage goals" page in the reporting menu
• Very tiny: visitor profile: not enough room for "g"
• Responsive reports: 2 columns layouts now use Bootstrap CSS classes
• Improve device model & brand reports
• Visitor Log: hide the plugin icons, and show instead the geo located city and region
• Visitor Log - view profile link and number of views overlaps
• UI/UX issue in narrow screens
• UI: improve Calendar interactions
• Marketplace UI tweaks: "Search 47 plugins..." in search input

What is new in version 2.16.2:

• Make Piwik opt-out feature work on safari and internet explorer
• Reorganize reports in Devices and Softwares
• Improve the "Device model" report by prefixing the model with the brand name
• Add a Search field to the ‘Manage websites' tables (use case thousands of websites)
• JavaScript tracking: automatically consider HTML5 download attributes as file downloads
• Ability to use Redis to store sessions
• Provide extended core:archive logger output messages for easier monitoring
• Log which segments are currently being archived
• Better logging in archiver and Task scheduler
• Piwik.js Exclude extensions as downloads via new function: `removeDownloadExtensions`
• New design for Maintenance mode
• New design for Updater screen
• Add Help link to top menu
• Refreshed the copy of "Help" page
• Make it easier to see how to edit a Goal
• "Manage goals" page in the reporting menu
• Very tiny: visitor profile: not enough room for "g"
• Responsive reports: 2 columns layouts now use Bootstrap CSS classes
• Improve device model & brand reports
• Visitor Log: hide the plugin icons, and show instead the geo located city and region
• Visitor Log - view profile link and number of views overlaps
• UI/UX issue in narrow screens
• UI: improve Calendar interactions
• Marketplace UI tweaks: "Search 47 plugins..." in search input

What is new in version 2.16.1 / 2.16.2-b1:

• Make Piwik opt-out feature work on safari and internet explorer
• Reorganize reports in Devices and Softwares
• Improve the "Device model" report by prefixing the model with the brand name
• Add a Search field to the ‘Manage websites' tables (use case thousands of websites)
• JavaScript tracking: automatically consider HTML5 download attributes as file downloads
• Ability to use Redis to store sessions
• Provide extended core:archive logger output messages for easier monitoring
• Log which segments are currently being archived
• Better logging in archiver and Task scheduler
• Piwik.js Exclude extensions as downloads via new function: `removeDownloadExtensions`
• New design for Maintenance mode
• New design for Updater screen
• Add Help link to top menu
• Refreshed the copy of "Help" page
• Make it easier to see how to edit a Goal
• "Manage goals" page in the reporting menu
• Very tiny: visitor profile: not enough room for "g"
• Responsive reports: 2 columns layouts now use Bootstrap CSS classes
• Improve device model & brand reports
• Visitor Log: hide the plugin icons, and show instead the geo located city and region
• Visitor Log - view profile link and number of views overlaps
• UI/UX issue in narrow screens
• UI: improve Calendar interactions
• Marketplace UI tweaks: "Search 47 plugins..." in search input

What is new in version 2.15.0 / 2.16.0-rc1:

• Make Piwik opt-out feature work on safari and internet explorer
• Reorganize reports in Devices and Softwares
• Improve the "Device model" report by prefixing the model with the brand name
• Add a Search field to the ‘Manage websites' tables (use case thousands of websites)
• JavaScript tracking: automatically consider HTML5 download attributes as file downloads
• Ability to use Redis to store sessions
• Provide extended core:archive logger output messages for easier monitoring
• Log which segments are currently being archived
• Better logging in archiver and Task scheduler
• Piwik.js Exclude extensions as downloads via new function: `removeDownloadExtensions`
• New design for Maintenance mode
• New design for Updater screen
• Add Help link to top menu
• Refreshed the copy of "Help" page
• Make it easier to see how to edit a Goal
• "Manage goals" page in the reporting menu
• Very tiny: visitor profile: not enough room for "g"
• Responsive reports: 2 columns layouts now use Bootstrap CSS classes
• Improve device model & brand reports
• Visitor Log: hide the plugin icons, and show instead the geo located city and region
• Visitor Log - view profile link and number of views overlaps
• UI/UX issue in narrow screens
• UI: improve Calendar interactions
• Marketplace UI tweaks: "Search 47 plugins..." in search input

What is new in version 2.14.3 / 2.15.0-b13:

• Make Piwik opt-out feature work on safari and internet explorer
• Reorganize reports in Devices and Softwares
• Improve the "Device model" report by prefixing the model with the brand name
• Add a Search field to the ‘Manage websites' tables (use case thousands of websites)
• JavaScript tracking: automatically consider HTML5 download attributes as file downloads
• Ability to use Redis to store sessions
• Provide extended core:archive logger output messages for easier monitoring
• Log which segments are currently being archived
• Better logging in archiver and Task scheduler
• Piwik.js Exclude extensions as downloads via new function: `removeDownloadExtensions`
• New design for Maintenance mode
• New design for Updater screen
• Add Help link to top menu
• Refreshed the copy of "Help" page
• Make it easier to see how to edit a Goal
• "Manage goals" page in the reporting menu
• Very tiny: visitor profile: not enough room for "g"
• Responsive reports: 2 columns layouts now use Bootstrap CSS classes
• Improve device model & brand reports
• Visitor Log: hide the plugin icons, and show instead the geo located city and region
• Visitor Log - view profile link and number of views overlaps
• UI/UX issue in narrow screens
• UI: improve Calendar interactions
• Marketplace UI tweaks: "Search 47 plugins..." in search input

What is new in version 2.13.1 / 2.14.0-b1:

• Make Piwik opt-out feature work on safari and internet explorer
• Reorganize reports in Devices and Softwares
• Improve the "Device model" report by prefixing the model with the brand name
• Add a Search field to the ‘Manage websites' tables (use case thousands of websites)
• JavaScript tracking: automatically consider HTML5 download attributes as file downloads
• Ability to use Redis to store sessions
• Provide extended core:archive logger output messages for easier monitoring
• Log which segments are currently being archived
• Better logging in archiver and Task scheduler
• Piwik.js Exclude extensions as downloads via new function: `removeDownloadExtensions`
• New design for Maintenance mode
• New design for Updater screen
• Add Help link to top menu
• Refreshed the copy of "Help" page
• Make it easier to see how to edit a Goal
• "Manage goals" page in the reporting menu
• Very tiny: visitor profile: not enough room for "g"
• Responsive reports: 2 columns layouts now use Bootstrap CSS classes
• Improve device model & brand reports
• Visitor Log: hide the plugin icons, and show instead the geo located city and region
• Visitor Log - view profile link and number of views overlaps
• UI/UX issue in narrow screens
• UI: improve Calendar interactions
• Marketplace UI tweaks: "Search 47 plugins..." in search input

What is new in version 2.13.1:

• Make Piwik opt-out feature work on safari and internet explorer
• Reorganize reports in Devices and Softwares
• Improve the "Device model" report by prefixing the model with the brand name
• Add a Search field to the ‘Manage websites' tables (use case thousands of websites)
• JavaScript tracking: automatically consider HTML5 download attributes as file downloads
• Ability to use Redis to store sessions
• Provide extended core:archive logger output messages for easier monitoring
• Log which segments are currently being archived
• Better logging in archiver and Task scheduler
• Piwik.js Exclude extensions as downloads via new function: `removeDownloadExtensions`
• New design for Maintenance mode
• New design for Updater screen
• Add Help link to top menu
• Refreshed the copy of "Help" page
• Make it easier to see how to edit a Goal
• "Manage goals" page in the reporting menu
• Very tiny: visitor profile: not enough room for "g"
• Responsive reports: 2 columns layouts now use Bootstrap CSS classes
• Improve device model & brand reports
• Visitor Log: hide the plugin icons, and show instead the geo located city and region
• Visitor Log - view profile link and number of views overlaps
• UI/UX issue in narrow screens
• UI: improve Calendar interactions
• Marketplace UI tweaks: "Search 47 plugins..." in search input

What is new in version 2.11.1:

• New Integration: Piwik for Limesurvey
• New Plugins released on the Marketplace: Bandwidth
• Fixed bugs:
• New User menu now similar to admin menu
• Add new segment Operating System Version
• Splitted referrers overview into "Overview" and "All Referrers"
• Split goals and ecommerce in two menus, and Manage Goals via User menu
• When User ID is used, set the first party cookie UUID to this User ID
• Add option to map API tracking parameter to custom variable in log importer script.
• Provide a way to specify an alternate whois provider - SEO plugin
• For new installs, do not use the Anonymized IP addresses when enriching visits
• when main Menu is focused, display submenu
• Make email reports more beautiful
• Tweaks to improve accessibility (section around graph, better tooltip, set language in HTML)
• Improved accessibility by putting offscreen text in the widget title
• Added h3 tags to widget headers (accessibility)
• Changed colours for better accessibility for people with sight difficulties
• Improved accessibility with off-screen text added on the menu
• Piwik Installation now fits with the current Piwik style
• See the focus of menu items when tabbing through the page (accessibility)
• Add "Skip to content" feature when user presses tab key (accessibility)
• Improve Login Screen Layout - input width.
• When development mode is enabled, add a new language that shows raw translation ID
• As a user I want to configure purging of processed custom ranges
• Improve Login Screen Layout
• Changes for usage of DeviceDetector 3.0
• Refactored Twig templates using a single base layout
• Segment dropdown enhancements
• New Piwik Ini component
• Add Administrator link to top menu
• Move "Anonymous user settings" into a separate page and menu item
• Rename plugin management commands
• Include server time (as timestamp) in visitor actions (visitor live API)

Requirements:

• PHP 5.3.2 or higher