Toolcounter – a privacy-friendly hit counter for Toolforge tools

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Hi everyone,

I've always been curious about how many people actually visit my Toolforge
tools - and I suspect I'm not alone. So I built Toolcounter (
https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/), a lightweight, privacy-friendly hit
counter designed specifically for Toolforge-hosted tools.

*What it tracks*

=F0=9F=93=84 Page views - counted on every page load (including refreshes).=
 Good for
total traffic.
=F0=9F=91=A4 Sessions (unique visit approximation) =E2=80=94 uses sessionSt=
orage in the
visitor's browser. First open in a tab =3D 1 session. Refresh =3D not count=
ed
again. New tab =3D counted again. No cookies, no IP, no personal data store=
d.

Both counts appear separately on the dashboard with a per-day bar chart.

*Quick integration (replace YOUR_TOOL and PAGE)*

Option 1 - SVG badge (no JS, image only, shows page views):
<img src=3D"
https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/badge.php?tool=3DYOUR_TOOL&page=3DPAGE"
alt=3D"Page views">

Option 2 - JS embed (shows both views + unique sessions):
=F0=9F=91=81 Views: <span id=3D"tc-views"></span>
=F0=9F=91=A4 Unique: <span id=3D"tc-sessions"></span>
<script src=3D"
https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/embed.js.php?tool=3DYOUR_TOOL&page=3DPAGE
"></script>

An embed code generator is available on the homepage.

*Privacy*
The database stores zero personal data, only anonymous counters per (tool,
page) pair. No cookies are set. No IP addresses, User-Agent strings, or
usernames are ever written to the database. Full privacy policy:
https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/privacy.php

Source code is publicly available and open for audit.

Feedback and contributions are very welcome. Happy to answer questions here
or on my talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Suyash.dwived=
i

Cheers,
Suyash Dwivedi
https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/

https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikis_Lazy_Coders

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endly hit counter designed specifically for Toolforge-hosted tools.<br><br>=
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d again. New tab =3D counted again. No cookies, no IP, no personal data sto=
red.<br><br>Both counts appear separately on the dashboard with a per-day b=
ar chart.<br><br><b>Quick integration (replace YOUR_TOOL and PAGE)</b><br><=
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js.php?tool=3DYOUR_TOOL&amp;page=3DPAGE</a>&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;<br><br=
>An embed code generator is available on the homepage.<br><br><b>Privacy</b=
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ool, page) pair. No cookies are set. No IP addresses, User-Agent strings, o=
r usernames are ever written to the database. Full privacy policy: <a href=
=3D"https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/privacy.php">https://toolcounter.tool=
forge.org/privacy.php</a><br><br>Source code is publicly available and open=
 for audit.<br><br>Feedback and contributions are very welcome. Happy to an=
swer questions here or on my talk page: <a href=3D"https://meta.wikimedia.o=
rg/wiki/User_talk:Suyash.dwivedi">https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk=
:Suyash.dwivedi</a><br><br>Cheers,<br>Suyash Dwivedi<br><a href=3D"https://=
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