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Liwan

Self-hosted, privacy-first web analytics that runs as a single binary or a Docker container and keeps the data on the operator's server.

Liwan is self-hosted web analytics that ships as a single binary or a Docker container. Its dashboard and database are built in, and the database is DuckDB, an embedded database, so no separate service is needed.

A site adds a small browser script with one line of HTML, or sends events from its own server. The project says either approach works with any framework or CMS. Teams control access to private projects, and sign-in can use Google Workspace, Microsoft Entra ID, or an OpenID Connect provider.

Worth knowing

The service guide sets Liwan up to start when the server boots, so it runs as a long-lived process on a host the operator manages.

Identity

Status
Active
Maintainer
Henry Gressmann4
Maintained by
Individual4
First release
202411
Headquarters
Germany4

Rendering and deploy

Runs as
Always on7
Install with
single binary356

Releases

Current major version
110
Last release
2026-10-2910

Adoption

GitHub stars
2212
Contributors
312

Why these figures do not compare

Sources

  1. 2026-11-03: links, Categories
    liwan.dev/
  2. 2026-11-03: links, Written in, GitHub stars
    github.com/explodingcamera/liwan
  3. 2026-11-03: links, Install with
    liwan.dev/getting-started/
  4. 2026-11-03: Maintainer, Maintained by, Headquarters
    henrygressmann.de/impressum
  5. 2026-11-03: Runtime, Install with
    liwan.dev/install/binary/
  6. 2026-11-03: Install with
    liwan.dev/install/docker-compose/
  7. 2026-11-03: Runs as
    liwan.dev/guides/service/
  8. 2026-11-03: Admin interface
    liwan.dev/reference/projects-and-entities/
  9. 2026-11-03: License
    github.com/explodingcamera/liwan/blob/main/LICENSE.md
  10. 2026-11-03: Current major version, Last release
    github.com/explodingcamera/liwan/releases/tag/liwan-v1.8.2
  11. 2026-11-03: First release
    github.com/explodingcamera/liwan/tree/liwan-v0.1.0-beta.1
  12. 2026-11-03: Contributors
    github.com/explodingcamera/liwan/graphs/contributors

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