# Plausible Analytics

Generated on 1 Dec 2025 from [the Plausible Analytics catalog page](https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/plausible-analytics)

Plausible Analytics is a lightweight, privacy-friendly, open-source alternative to Google Analytics. It doesn’t use cookies and is compliant with GDPR, CCPA, and PECR. The service offers simple, clutter-free web analytics on a single page, eliminating the need for custom reports or extensive training. It also provides features like email/Slack reports, team collaboration, conversion tracking, and integration with Google Search Console.

## Software Included

*This Marketplace listing does not include a detailed software list.*

## Creating an App using the Control Panel

Click the **Deploy to DigitalOcean** button to create a Droplet based on this 1-Click App. If you aren’t logged in, this link will prompt you to log in with your DigitalOcean account.

[![Deploy to DO](https://www.deploytodo.com/do-btn-blue.svg)](https://cloud.digitalocean.com/droplets/new?image=plausibleanalyti)

## Creating an App using the API

In addition to creating a Droplet from the Plausible Analytics 1-Click App using the control panel, you can also use the [DigitalOcean API](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api). As an example, to create a 4GB Plausible Analytics Droplet in the SFO2 region, you can use the following `curl` command. You need to either save your [API access token](https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/api/create-personal-access-token/index.html.md) to an environment variable or substitute it in the command below.

```shell
curl -X POST -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
         -H 'Authorization: Bearer '$TOKEN'' -d \
        '{"name":"choose_a_name","region":"sfo2","size":"s-2vcpu-4gb","image":"plausibleanalyti"}' \
        "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets"
```

## Getting Started After Deploying Plausible Analytics

Please wait about 5-10 minutes after droplet is created, docker containers initialization requires some time. After ssh is enabled droplet is ready to use.

On your first [SSH login to the droplet](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/index.html.md) or launch of the Droplet console of your Plausible Droplet 1-Click, you will be greeted by a Plausible setup script.

The first step is to select option between using personal domain or not

Personal domain:

1. Requirement: Map Domain record to droplet IP
2. Enter domain name
3. Enter admin email, username and password
4. Access the app : https://domain\_name

Default:

1. Enter admin email, username and password
2. Access the app: http://droplet\_id
3. Plausible admin details are located in /docker/pausible .env file

   cd ..

   cd docker/plausible

   ls -a