# Making our web analytics open source with Plausible

DevFeed: [Making our web analytics open source with Plausible](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/making-our-web-analytics-open-source-with-plausible-16713.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://esphome.io/blog/2026/07/30/making-our-web-analytics-open-source-with-plausible/>)

Author: Darren Griffin

Published: 2026-07-30T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [ESPHome - Smart Home Made Simple - Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/esphome-smart-home-made-simple-blog.md>)

Topics: [online privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/online-privacy.md>), [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Website](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/website.md>), [Open Source](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/open-source.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hosting.md>)

Tags: [analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analytics.md>), [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [hosting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/hosting.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [privacy](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/privacy.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

## AI overview

The Open Home Foundation explains its plan to use Plausible for aggregated, anonymized analytics on its websites. The approach avoids persistent identifiers, cross-site tracking, and cookies, provides a public dashboard, and is hosted on infrastructure maintained in-house.

## Source excerpt

The Open Home Foundation fights for privacy, choice, and sustainability. These principles are at the heart of everything we do, including how we handle website analytics. Our position is clear: we reject tools that track individuals across the web to monetize their data. Instead, we want aggregated, anonymized analytics that show how our websites are performing overall -- without identifying who our visitors are, or compromising their privacy.