How to Install Offen on Windows 11

Offen is an open-source web analytics tool that respects user privacy. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Offen on a Windows 11 machine.

Pre-Requisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following:

• A Windows 11 machine
• A web server (e.g., Apache or Nginx) running on the machine

Installation Steps

1. Download the latest release of Offen from https://github.com/offen/offen/releases.

2. Extract the downloaded file to a folder of your choice on the machine.

3. Open a terminal or command prompt with administrator privileges.

4. Change the directory to the folder where you extracted Offen.

cd path/to/offen/folder

5. Run the following command to make the Offen binary executable:

chmod +x offen

6. Finally, start Offen by running the following command:

./offen start

7. Verify that Offen is running by accessing the URL http://localhost:8080 in a web browser.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Offen on your Windows 11 machine. You can now start using it to collect and analyze web analytics data while respecting user privacy.

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