# Fathom Lite

Open-source web analytics server written in Go, the Lite edition of the hosted Fathom Analytics product.


Source: https://findsoftware.frbit.cloud/fathom-lite/
Last reviewed: 2026-11-03
Listed since: 2026-11-03

## Record

### Links

- home: https://usefathom.com
- repository: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom
- docs: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Installation%20instructions.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Conva Ventures Inc.
- maintainerType: company
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2018
- hqCountry: CA

### Kind

- category: analytics
- hosting: binary
- language: go
- runtime: binary
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: unknown

### Content

- contentStore: not applicable
- databases: sqlite, mysql, postgres
- adminUi: yes
- headlessApi: not applicable
- templating: not applicable
- i18n: not applicable

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: binary-download

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: MIT

### Releases

- currentMajor: 1
- latestReleaseDate: 2023-01-31

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 8034
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 34
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://usefathom.com/ (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/usefathom/fathom (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Installation%20instructions.md (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/usefathom/fathom/master/LICENSE (read 2026-11-03)
- hqCountry: https://usefathom.com/legal/privacy (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/usefathom/fathom (read 2026-11-03)
- runtime: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Installation%20instructions.md (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/usefathom/fathom (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/releases/tag/v1.3.1 (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/releases/tag/v1.3.1 (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/releases/tag/latest-development (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/usefathom/fathom (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/usefathom/fathom/contributors (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Installation%20instructions.md (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Configuration.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Installation%20instructions.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/misc/Heroku.md (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Installation%20instructions.md (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Fathom Lite is a web analytics server written in Go, published by Conva Ventures Inc. as the open-source edition of the hosted Fathom Analytics product. It ships as a single binary that stores its data in SQLite by default, with MySQL and Postgres as configurable drivers, and its dashboard runs from the same process. A site connects by copying the tracking snippet from the dashboard onto its pages, and the [install guide](https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/docs/Installation%20instructions.md) shows the server running under a process manager so it restarts after a reboot.

## Worth knowing

The README says Lite no longer gets new features and that its maintainers keep fixing bugs, so it is a maintenance-only edition. The README's comparison table marks Lite as using cookies, where the hosted product is described as cookie-free. A site that uses a Content Security Policy must allow the instance host for script-src and img-src, as the [README](https://github.com/usefathom/fathom/blob/master/README.md) states. The hosted Fathom Analytics product is a paid service from the same company.

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