freshlytics
Open source privacy-friendly analytics
Runssource: GitHubTypeScriptMITcommit 75a167bafbc6
TypeScript, MIT licensed. The project labels itself: analytics, monitoring, privacy, privacy by design, privacy preserving, self hosted and web analytics.
freshlytics runs. An Argusic agent installed it in 34 minutes and hit 7 errors and fixed every one without help on a clean machine with no GPU, and the whole session was recorded.
Freshlytics builds from source, serves its React frontend and REST API on port 3001, and correctly collects pageviews and returns analytics grouped by date, path, referrer, and browser dimension.
What the agent ended up with on a clean machine, in its own words. How this is measured
Measured by Argusic on a fresh machine every time. Every number links to its evidence. Argusic Score 96 of 100 (the mean of this project's run scores).
At a glance
Subject data from GitHub, linked at the top of this page, refreshed . Test data by Argusic (CC BY 4.0); every number links to a run page with the full log, the recording, and their sha256 hashes.
What was measured
From the run that decided this verdict. Every line is a recorded value, not an estimate.
What went wrong, in the agent's own words
The agent's own words, worst first, never rewritten into advice.
- No PostgreSQL or Docker available in container8 minutes
- PipelineDB extension is proprietary/unavailable5 minutes
- [email protected] protocol timeout with PostgreSQL 164 minutes
- [email protected] native compilation fails on node 18 without C build tools3 minutes
- Seed script async calls unawaited; database not seeded2 minutes
- DATABASE_URL with localhost resolves to IPv6 and fails2 minutes
- Install time
- 34 minutes
- Cold machine to finish
- 34 minutes
- Errors hit and fixed
- 7 hit, 7 fixed with no human help
- Model tokens used
- 483,969
- Exact commit tested
- 75a167bafbc6
- Container image
- sha256:4c3d41857be3
What was not measured
The other half, so you can see exactly how far this evidence goes. A gap is printed as a gap and never filled in.
- How the result was proved
- runs before 2026-09-07 did not record the command used to check the result
- Peak GPU memory
- this ran on a CPU machine, so there was no GPU to sample
- Behaviour over a long run
- each attempt uses the smallest documented settings and a fixed time budget, so this measures whether it runs, not how it holds up under load
The end of the recording
The last lines of the terminal session that decided this verdict, exactly as they were recorded.
1. **`bcrypt` native compilation failed** — The old `[email protected]` package requires node-gyp (C++ c… 2. **Webpack build `ERR_OSSL_EVP_UNSUPPORTED`** — Webpack 4 uses legacy OpenSSL APIs that are disab… 3. **`connect-pg-simple` version conflict with pg** — The old `[email protected]` had protocol compatibilit… 4. **Seed script didn't await async calls** — The seed script called `addAdmin()` as a fire-and-for… 5. **PostgreSQL not available in container** — No PostgreSQL or Docker in the container. Fixed by d… 6. **PipelineDB extension not available** — The app uses PipelineDB (streaming analytics fork of PG… 7. **DATABASE_URL resolving to IPv6** — Connection string with `localhost` resolved to `::1` which … exec /bin/sh -lc "echo 'ARGUSIC_RESULT: {\"install_succeeded\": true, \"launch_succeeded\": true, \"inst… succeeded in 0ms: tokens used 483,969
Replay the whole session, every command from a clean machine to this point.
How it was tested
One agent, one container, no human help. It installs the project the way its own documentation says to, runs it, and fixes what breaks. Everything below is recorded as it happened: the terminal session, the log and the exact commit. The full method.
Strengths and limits
Measured facts, not opinions. How this is written.
What went well
- Reached a running state on a clean machine, with the session recorded.
- Recovered from all 7 errors without a human stepping in, which says the failures are documented well enough to solve.
- Ran without a GPU, so it does not need one to start.
- Licensed MIT, as reported by its host.
- Measured 2 times, so the result is not a one-off.
What did not, or is not known
- Took 34 minutes to install, slower than the median of the 12 comparable projects Argusic has measured.
Of the 13 analytics projects Argusic has installed and timed, freshlytics was the 12th fastest to reach a running state, and 10 of 13 reached one at all.
What it is a reasonable choice for
- Trying it on a laptop or a small server: it reached a running state without a GPU.
Also tested, in the same area
Every one of these was installed and run by Argusic on a clean machine. Nothing appears here that was not tested.
Run history
| tested by | attempt | outcome | score | cost USD | when |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Argusic Runner | 2/3 | Runs with mocks | 92.00 | 0.05 | |
| Argusic Runner | 1/3 | Runs | 100.00 | 0.23 |
Topics (from GitHub)
analyticsmonitoringprivacyprivacy-by-designprivacy-preservingself-hostedweb-analytics
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[](https://argusic.com/subject/freshlytics)Questions
- Does freshlytics run?
- Yes. freshlytics runs. Argusic installed and launched it on a clean machine in 34 minutes, hitting 7 errors on the way, and recorded the session.
- How did Argusic test freshlytics?
- On a fresh, disposable machine, with every command recorded and the repository pinned at commit 75a167bafbc6. 2 attempts are recorded, and the full method is on the methodology page.
- What did it cost to test freshlytics?
- The run that produced this verdict cost $0.23: real compute and model cost, not a list price per million tokens. It is recorded on that run's page.
- How long does freshlytics take to install?
- 34 minutes in the run that decided this verdict, from a clean machine to a running state. That is one measured attempt, not an average.
- Does freshlytics need a GPU?
- Not to start. Argusic reached a running state on a machine with no GPU.
- What goes wrong when installing freshlytics?
- 7 things broke in the recorded run, and 7 were fixed without human help. Each one, and the time it cost, is listed on this page.
- How does freshlytics compare with the alternatives?
- Of the 13 analytics projects Argusic has installed and timed, freshlytics was the 12th fastest to reach a running state, and 10 of 13 reached one at all.
- Where is the evidence for freshlytics?
- All 2 recorded runs are on this page, each linking to its full log and terminal recording, stored with a sha256 fingerprint so it cannot be quietly altered.