FAQ

General

• Is this a Plausible fork? No. Clean-room. ADR 0001.
• Do I need ClickHouse? No. Postgres + rollups. ADR 0002.
• Can I use it without JavaScript? Yes — middleware with `recordHumans: true`.
• Is hosted free? Self-host is free (AGPL). Hosted is invite-only.

Privacy

• Do I need a cookie banner? Not for the default tracker. Confirm with counsel. GDPR.
• Do you store IPs? No. Hash + geo, then drop.
• Can I identify a returning user tomorrow? No. The salt rotates at 00:00 UTC.

AI traffic

• Why is AI Traffic empty? You did not install the middleware.
• Why is ChatGPT traffic Direct? Many citations omit a referrer. Use crawl→referral and AI UTMs. human_via_ai.
• Does the LLM see my events? No. Rollups only. ADR 0005.