# Shynet

Self-hosted web analytics for websites that works without cookies, through a tracking script or a tracking pixel.


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

## Record

### Links

- repository: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet
- docs: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md

### Identity

- status: active
- maintainer: Miles McCain
- maintainerType: individual
- parent: unknown
- firstRelease: 2020
- hqCountry: unknown

### Kind

- category: analytics
- hosting: unknown
- language: python
- runtime: unknown
- runtimeMin: unknown
- basedOn: django

### Content

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

### Rendering and deploy

- runsAs: always-on
- renderingModes: not applicable
- installMethod: docker-image

### License

- licenseModel: open-source
- license: Apache-2.0

### Releases

- currentMajor: 0
- latestReleaseDate: 2026-03-15

### Adoption

- githubStargazers: 3157
- packagistDownloads: not applicable
- npmWeeklyDownloads: not applicable
- contributors: 38
- pluginCount: unknown
- packagistMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- ecosystemsMonthlyDownloads: unknown
- httpArchiveSites: unknown
- wordpressActiveInstalls: unknown
- dependentRepos: unknown
- dependentPackages: unknown

### Sources

- urls: https://api.github.com/repos/milesmcc/shynet (read 2026-11-03)
- urls: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainer: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- maintainerType: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- language: https://api.github.com/repos/milesmcc/shynet (read 2026-11-03)
- basedOn: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- category: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- installMethod: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- runsAs: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- databases: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- adminUi: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- headlessApi: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md (read 2026-11-03)
- license: https://api.github.com/repos/milesmcc/shynet (read 2026-11-03)
- licenseModel: https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/README.md (read 2026-11-03)
- firstRelease: https://api.github.com/repos/milesmcc/shynet/commits/v0.1.0 (read 2026-11-03)
- currentMajor: https://api.github.com/repos/milesmcc/shynet/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- latestReleaseDate: https://api.github.com/repos/milesmcc/shynet/releases (read 2026-11-03)
- githubStargazers: https://api.github.com/repos/milesmcc/shynet (read 2026-11-03)
- contributors: https://api.github.com/repos/milesmcc/shynet/contributors (read 2026-11-03)

## Notes

Shynet is web analytics software written in Python on Django. A site is added as a service in the dashboard, which produces a tracking script to place on the pages; visitors without JavaScript are counted through a 1x1 tracking pixel. The README describes the tool as working without cookies and as keeping visitor data on the operator's own server. Each instance runs as a long-lived web server, and the documented deployments are a Docker image, Docker Compose, Heroku and Render. Data is stored in PostgreSQL or SQLite. The dashboard supports several users: administrators can share services with other users, and the dashboard data can be read through an API that takes a user token.

## Worth knowing

The [usage guide](https://github.com/milesmcc/shynet/blob/master/GUIDE.md) says Heroku's free Postgres add-on is unlikely to support an instance that records more than a few hundred requests per day. Every tracked page needs the script tag that points at the instance.

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