matomo-org/matomo

Have a minimal JS tracker with only very basic features

Open

#17,094 opened on Jan 15, 2021

View on GitHub
 (2 comments) (2 reactions) (0 assignees)PHP (2,847 forks)batch import
Help wantedc: New pluginc: Performance

Repository metrics

Stars
 (21,513 stars)
PR merge metrics
 (Avg merge 8d 11h) (106 merged PRs in 30d)

Description

Just saw https://minimalanalytics.com/ and figured it could be quite nice for some people where performance matters and they only use basic feature set and no cookies.

We could offer like only trackPageview and trackEvent as part of a very minimalistic JS tracker. By default gzipped the regular matomo.js is > 50KB vs this could be maybe 1KB and be quite some difference in terms of performance.

eg developer.matomo.org is only 200KB transferred data, matomo.org roughly 600-700KB or less depending on resolution etc.

It would also save a lot of time as it wouldn't need to parse and execute 200KB JS. Especially on mobile etc

Contributor guide

Research direction
Study the minimalanalytics.com approach and the existing Matomo JS tracker (matomo.js). Then implement a minimal version with only trackPageview and trackEvent, ensuring it is small (~1KB gzipped) and does not use cookies.
Tech stack
javascript
Domain
frontendanalytics
Issue type
Feature
DifficultyEstimated implementation difficulty for a new contributor, from 1 for very small changes to 5 for expert-level work.
3
Estimated timeA rough time range for an experienced contributor to investigate, implement, test, and prepare a pull request.
1-2 days
Activity statusHow available the issue appears right now: fresh, active, stale, blocked, or waiting on maintainer input.
Active
ClarityHow clearly the issue explains the expected change, acceptance criteria, and next step.
Clear
Prerequisites
JavaScriptGit
Newbie friendlinessA 1-100 score estimating how approachable this issue is for first-time contributors.
65