28 Jul 2021, Hendrik Niefeld
Styles and Filters
Making the consent banner customisable and the ability to filter collected data are our main achievements over the last ten weeks. Read more
Fair Analytics Blog
Hi there. We are Frederik and Hendrik. Here we post about how we are building a fair and open web analytics tool and what we discovered along the way.
24 May 2021, Hendrik Niefeld
Disclose what you collect
Why we drafted a standard that allows you to disclose information about your use of analytics software and user tracking. Read more
20 Apr 2021, Hendrik Niefeld
Extend the view
Over the last eight weeks, we have further optimized our display options, added a French locale, and made our Docker image more safe. Read more
09 Mar 2021, Hendrik Niefeld
Our story so far
All about why and how we develop a fair and open source web analytics software. Read more
07 Feb 2021, Hendrik Niefeld
Improving interfaces
Our key achievements in the last six weeks are a German locale and customizable time intervals for the Auditorium. Read more
06 Jan 2021, Frederik Ring
Privacy focus? Consider the cookie
Using cookies does not necessarily equal tracking your users. Learn how you can use cookies to respect the privacy of your users. Read more
17 Dec 2020, Hendrik Niefeld
Performance and Awareness
In the last three months, we have significantly improved query performance, added onboarding to our Auditorium, and updated our Docs. Read more
28 Oct 2020, Hendrik Niefeld
Opt-in for quality insights
Collecting data only with user consent has a less obvious implication: the quality of insights from web analytics increases. Read more
14 Sep 2020, Frederik Ring
Packaging and testing
For Milestone 6 we have tested our app intensively and added several new installation options and tutorials for popular hosters. Read more
28 Aug 2020, Hendrik Niefeld
Why Offen is a valid Matomo alternative
This brief comparison of both tools gives you a first insight into the field of fair and lightweight web analytics. Read more
22 Jul 2020, Frederik Ring
Resilience and documentation
With milestone 5 we finally got rid of the alpha label, improved testing as well as licensing and upgraded our documentation. Read more
06 Jul 2020, Hendrik Niefeld
Let's build a web that is privacy friendly and fair
What does the term 'privacy friendly' actually stand for? Mostly it's just about technical issues that don't tackle the underlying problem. Read more
30 Jun 2020, Frederik Ring
Hosting Offen on a budget
Here are some real world options for hosting Offen on a budget. Let's compare how they relate in terms of ease of deployment, performance and pricing. Read more
09 Jun 2020, Frederik Ring
Managing data
Milestone 4 comes with enhanced account management, UX improvements and an updated demo version. Read more
13 Apr 2020, Frederik Ring
Displaying data
Our milestone 3 achievements include an improved UX, a Heroku deploy option and full Safari support. Read more
04 Mar 2020, Hendrik Niefeld
Test our alpha release today
Help us take a step forward. Download or deploy Offen today and give it a spin. Any feedback is appreciated. Read more
31 Jan 2020, Hendrik Niefeld
Collecting data securely
Our key milestone 2 features are user consent, improved crypto implementation and an extended set of stats. Read more
19 Jan 2020, Frederik Ring
Untold roads to v1.0
Onboarding users onto a product that is still in development needs a thorough plan. These are our conclusions as we work our way to a v1.0 release of Offen. Read more
12 Dec 2019, Hendrik Niefeld
Laying the foundation for fair web analytics
Our milestone 1 achievements include extensible architecture, a localization option and an improved server structure. Read more