Piwik + Adobe AIR = Open Source Desktop Web Analytics
My favourite web analytics software Piwik just got desktop integration.
For those who haven’t heard of Piwik before, it’s open source web analytics software which you can host on your own server. It is still in beta, but I am using it for few months now and haven’t faced any problem. You can try it out using the online demo on their site.
According to Piwik blog, two desktop applications for Piwik are now available, made by piwik users. One of them, Piwik Connector is a simple app that shows hourly visits on all your Piwik websites, it would be useful for people who track many sites and don’t want too much stats.
For power users, Desktop Web Analytics provides much more advanced view, it brings all piwik stats to your desktop. Both these software are still early in development, so, you might face couple of problems, for instance, I wasn’t even able to save my profile in Desktop Web Analytics, but the good thing is work is being done on it.
P.S: Forgot to mention, both these apps are developed in Adobe AIR, which means they are available on Linux, Mac & Windows.
To save a profile in DWA, go to your Piwik Admin > Users, check “View” and then in DWA create profile, check “Anonymous.”
P.S. This is only if you have trouble with your API authentication and this is a temporary measure.