Plausible Analytics is an open-source website analytics tool that provides privacy-focused analytics for website owners. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Plausible Analytics on Windows 10.
Before starting the installation process, make sure you have the following prerequisites:
Follow the below-given steps to Install Plausible Analytics on Windows 10.
To use Plausible Analytics, you need to install Node.js, which is a JavaScript runtime built on Chrome's V8 engine. You can download and install the latest version of Node.js from its official website.
https://nodejs.org/en/download/.Once you have installed Node.js, you can verify whether it is installed correctly by running the following command in Command Prompt:
node --version
If Node.js is installed correctly, it will display the installed version number.
Plausible Analytics is available as a Git repository. Therefore, you need to install Git on your Windows 10 machine to clone and access the Plausible Analytics repository.
https://git-scm.com/downloads.Once you have installed Git, you can verify whether it is installed correctly by running the following command in Command Prompt:
git --version
If Git is installed correctly, it will display the installed version number.
After installing Node.js and Git, you can clone the Plausible Analytics repository to your Windows 10 machine.
Create a directory on your Windows 10 machine where you want to store the Plausible Analytics project. For example, C:\projects.
Open Command Prompt and navigate to the directory you just created by running the following command:
cd C:\projects
Clone the Plausible Analytics repository by running the following command:
git clone https://github.com/plausible/analytics.git
After cloning the Plausible Analytics repository, you can install Plausible Analytics and all its dependencies by following these steps:
Open Command Prompt and navigate to the Plausible Analytics project directory by running the following command:
cd C:\projects\analytics
Install the dependencies by running the following command:
npm install
After installing Plausible Analytics, you need to configure it to track your website's traffic. To do this, you need to create a .env file in the Plausible Analytics project directory, which contains the configuration settings for Plausible Analytics.
Create a new file named .env in the Plausible Analytics project directory.
Add the following configuration settings to the .env file and replace yourdomain.com with your website's domain name:
HOST_URL=http://localhost:8000
BASE_URL=https://yourdomain.com
After configuring Plausible Analytics, you can run it by following these steps:
Open Command Prompt and navigate to the Plausible Analytics project directory by running the following command:
cd C:\projects\analytics
Start Plausible Analytics by running the following command:
npm start
If everything is configured correctly, you should see the following output on the Command Prompt:
Server listening on http://localhost:8000
You can now access Plausible Analytics by visiting the following URL in your web browser: http://localhost:8000.
In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Plausible Analytics on Windows 10 using Node.js and Git. We hope this tutorial was helpful to you. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to leave a comment below.
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