Active Analytics
Better knownFirst-party traffic analytics with no cookies, no JavaScript and no third party
No ratings yet# Gemfile
gem "active_analytics"
# config/routes.rb
mount ActiveAnalytics::Engine, at: "/analytics"Active Analytics vs AhoyCaptain
Both replace Google Analytics and Plausible. Active Analytics is the better-known of the two (514 stars), while AhoyCaptain covers a narrower slice of the same job.
A Plausible-style analytics dashboard over your Ahoy data
No ratings yet# Gemfile
gem "ahoy_captain"What Active Analytics does
Traffic analytics recorded server-side, in your own database, with a dashboard you mount. Page views, entry and exit pages Traffic sources: which domains and pages send you people A dashboard engine, mounted wherever you like No cookies, no JavaScript, no consent banner Because it records on the server, ad blockers and tracking-protection extensions cannot remove your numbers. Because it sets no cookies and collects no personal data, there is no consent banner to show. Those two facts together usually make the traffic figures more accurate than the hosted product they…
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Why you might pick it
- It also replaces Matomo.
What AhoyCaptain does
Ahoy collects; AhoyCaptain draws. Together they are a self-hosted Plausible that happens to live at a path in your app. Visitors, page views, bounce rate and visit duration over a date range Sources, referrers, UTM breakdowns Top pages, entry pages and exit pages Goals and event funnels Filtering that composes, like the dashboard it is modelled on It needs PostgreSQL with a jsonb column for Ahoy's properties. On SQLite this is not the tool for you — reach for Active Analytics instead.
Side by side
Rows where the two differ are marked.
| Active Analytics | AhoyCaptain | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Analytics | Analytics |
| Replaces (differs) | Google Analytics, Matomo, Plausible | Google Analytics, Plausible |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| GitHub stars (differs) | 514 | 310 |
| Gem (differs) | active_analytics | ahoy_captain |
| Mounts at | /analytics | /analytics |
| Member rating | — | — |
What each one gets off your invoice
Both replace
Only Active Analytics
Only AhoyCaptain
Nothing unique here.
Questions
- What is the difference between Active Analytics and AhoyCaptain?
- Both replace Google Analytics and Plausible. Active Analytics is the better-known of the two (514 stars), while AhoyCaptain covers a narrower slice of the same job.
- Can I mount both Active Analytics and AhoyCaptain in the same Rails app?
- Technically yes — engines mount at different paths — but they overlap, so running both usually means two sets of tables doing one job. Pick one.
- Do Active Analytics and AhoyCaptain replace the same SaaS product?
- Both are listed as replacements for Google Analytics and Plausible.