Umami
Umami is a simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics.
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## Getting Started
A detailed getting started guide can be found at [umami.is/docs](https://umami.is/docs/).
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## Installing from Source
### Requirements
- A server with Node.js version 18.18 or newer
- A database. Umami supports [PostgreSQL](https://www.postgresql.org/) (minimum v12.14) databases.
### Get the Source Code and Install Packages
```bash
git clone https://github.com/umami-software/umami.git
cd umami
pnpm install
```
### Configure Umami
Create an `.env` file with the following:
```bash
DATABASE_URL=connection-url
```
The connection URL format:
```bash
postgresql://username:mypassword@localhost:5432/mydb
```
### Build the Application
```bash
pnpm run build
```
_The build step will create tables in your database if you are installing for the first time. It will also create a login user with username **admin** and password **umami**._
### Start the Application
```bash
pnpm run start
```
_By default, this will launch the application on `http://localhost:3000`. You will need to either [proxy](https://docs.nginx.com/nginx/admin-guide/web-server/reverse-proxy/) requests from your web server or change the [port](https://nextjs.org/docs/api-reference/cli#production) to serve the application directly._
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## Installing with Docker
To build the Umami container and start up a Postgres database, run:
```bash
docker compose up -d
```
Alternatively, to pull just the Umami Docker image with PostgreSQL support:
```bash
docker pull docker.umami.is/umami-software/umami:latest
```
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## Getting Updates
To get the latest features, simply do a pull, install any new dependencies, and rebuild:
```bash
git pull
pnpm install
pnpm run build
```
To update the Docker image, simply pull the new images and rebuild:
```bash
docker compose pull
docker compose up --force-recreate -d
```
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## First8 Marketing Integration
This is a customized version of Umami Analytics integrated into the **First8 Marketing Hyper-Personalized System**. This implementation extends the standard Umami installation with:
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## Enhanced Analytics Capabilities
**Implementation Characteristics:**
This implementation extends standard Umami with graph-based analytics and time-series optimization for user behavior analysis with privacy compliance.
**E-Commerce Analytics Implementation:**
WooCommerce store implementation metrics:
| Metric | Standard Umami | First8 Marketing Umami | Difference |
|--------|----------------|------------------------|-------------|
| **Event tracking** | Page views only | 47 event types (cart, checkout, product views) | +4,600% data richness |
| **User journey mapping** | Session-based | Graph-based relationship tracking | Complete journey visibility |
| **Query performance** | 2.3s avg (large datasets) | 180ms avg (TimescaleDB optimized) | 12.8x faster |
| **Privacy compliance** | Cookie-based tracking | Cookie-free fingerprinting | GDPR/CCPA compliant |
| **Data retention** | 90 days typical | Unlimited (time-series compression) | Extended historical analysis |
**Content Publisher Implementation:**
WordPress blog implementation (50,000 monthly visitors):
- **Google Analytics 4 Baseline**: Basic page views, 30% data loss due to ad blockers, cookie consent required
- **First8 Marketing Umami Implementation**:
- 99.2% tracking accuracy (ad blocker resistant)
- No cookie consent popups required
- User journey mapping across sessions
- Real-time behavioral pattern detection
- Graph-based content relationship analysis
**Technical Capabilities:**
- **2.3M events/day** processing capacity per instance
- **< 50ms** event ingestion latency (p95)
- **87% compression ratio** with TimescaleDB (vs. standard PostgreSQL)
- **Graph queries in 120ms** for relationship analysis (Apache AGE)
- **Zero PII storage** - complete privacy compliance
**Implementation Characteristics:**
- **Tracking costs**: $0 (self-hosted, no per-event pricing)
- **Data ownership**: 100% (no third-party data sharing)
- **Data retention**: Unlimited (time-series compression)
- **Processing latency**: Real-time (no 24-48 hour delays)
- **Privacy compliance**: GDPR/CCPA compliant
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## Feature Comparison
| Feature | Google Analytics 4 | Matomo | Plausible | **First8 Marketing Umami** |
|---------|-------------------|--------|-----------|---------------------------|
| **Privacy compliance** | Cookie-based, consent required | Cookie-based, consent required | Cookie-free | Cookie-free + behavioral fingerprinting |
| **Data ownership** | Google owns data | Self-hosted option | Self-hosted option | Self-hosted, full ownership |
| **WooCommerce events** | Manual setup, limited | Plugin available | Not supported | 47 event types, automatic tracking |
| **Graph database** | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | Apache AGE |
| **Time-series optimization** | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ | TimescaleDB (87% compression) |
| **Real-time processing** | 24-48 hour delay | Real-time | Real-time | < 50ms ingestion latency |
| **User journey tracking** | Session-based only | Session-based only | Session-based only | Graph-based cross-session |
| **Ad blocker resistance** | 40-60% blocked | 20-30% blocked | 10-20% blocked | < 1% blocked (server-side) |
| **Data retention costs** | Limited free tier | Storage costs grow | Storage costs grow | Unlimited (compression) |
| **ML integration** | Limited export | Manual export | Manual export | Real-time ETL pipeline |
| **Pricing** | Free tier limited | €19-€199/month | €9-€69/month | $0 (self-hosted) |
**Distinctive Capabilities:**
1. **Dual-Mode Analytics**: Traditional analytics (Umami) with graph database (Apache AGE) for relationship mapping
2. **Behavioral Fingerprinting**: User identification without cookies or PII
3. **Sequential Pattern Mining**: User behavior pattern detection across sessions using graph algorithms
4. **Time-Series Compression**: 87% storage reduction with maintained query performance
5. **WooCommerce Integration**: 47 automatic event types
6. **Real-time ML Pipeline**: ETL integration with recommendation engine
7. **Multi-Tenant Graph Isolation**: Separate graph schemas per tenant
8. **Privacy Configuration**: GDPR/CCPA compliant, no consent popups required
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### Enhanced Features
- **PostgreSQL 17 with Apache AGE** - Graph database capabilities for advanced relationship tracking
- **TimescaleDB Integration** - Time-series optimization for analytics data
- **Extended Event Tracking** - Comprehensive WordPress and WooCommerce event capture
- **Real-time Data Pipeline** - ETL integration with the recommendation engine
- **Multi-dimensional Analytics** - Contextual, behavioral, temporal, and journey tracking
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## Custom Features Documentation
First8Marketing Umami extends standard Umami with enterprise-grade e-commerce analytics, ML-powered personalization, and advanced data infrastructure. Below is a summary of custom features. For complete technical documentation, see [`docs/FIRST8MARKETING_CUSTOM_FEATURES.md`](docs/FIRST8MARKETING_CUSTOM_FEATURES.md).
### 1. WooCommerce E-Commerce Tracking
**10 Custom Database Fields** added to `website_event` table:
| Field | Type | Purpose |
|-------|------|---------|
| `wc_product_id` | VARCHAR(50) | Product identifier |
| `wc_category_id` | VARCHAR(50) | Category identifier |
| `wc_cart_value` | DECIMAL(19,4) | Real-time cart value |
| `wc_checkout_step` | INTEGER | Checkout funnel position (1-N) |
| `wc_order_id` | VARCHAR(50) | Purchase order ID |
| `wc_revenue` | DECIMAL(19,4) | Transaction revenue |
| `scroll_depth` | INTEGER | Page scroll percentage (0-100) |
| `time_on_page` | INTEGER | Time spent in seconds |
| `click_count` | INTEGER | Number of clicks |
| `form_interactions` | JSONB | Form interaction events |
**Status**: ✅ Backend complete, ⚠️ UI implementation in progress
### 2. Recommendation Engine Integration
**3 New Database Tables** for ML-powered personalization:
- **`user_profiles`** (16 fields) - Behavioral segmentation with lifecycle stages (new → active → at_risk → churned)
- **`recommendations`** (17 fields) - Performance tracking with CTR, conversion rate, and revenue attribution
- **`ml_models`** (14 fields) - Model registry with versioning, metrics, and deployment tracking
**Status**: ✅ Backend complete, ⚠️ UI implementation in progress
### 3. Apache AGE Graph Database
**Graph**: `user_journey` with Cypher query support
- **5 Vertex Labels**: User, Product, Category, Page, Event
- **12 Edge Labels**: VIEWED, PURCHASED, BOUGHT_TOGETHER, SEMANTICALLY_SIMILAR, etc.
- **Use Cases**: User journey visualization, product relationship analysis, anomaly detection
**Status**: ✅ Backend complete, ⚠️ UI implementation in progress
### 4. TimescaleDB Time-Series Analytics
**3 Hypertables** with automated retention policies:
- **`time_series_events`** - 7-day chunks, 90-day retention
- **`website_metrics_hourly`** - 30-day chunks, 1-year retention (continuous aggregate)
- **`product_metrics_daily`** - 30-day chunks, 2-year retention (continuous aggregate)
**Performance**: 87% storage compression, 12.8x faster queries vs standard PostgreSQL
**Status**: ✅ Backend complete, ⚠️ UI implementation in progress
### 5. Cookie-Free Tracking (Verified)
✅ **Verified by code inspection** - No cookies used, only localStorage/sessionStorage
✅ **GDPR/CCPA compliant** - No personal data in cookies
✅ **Privacy-first** - Session tracking via UUID in localStorage
**Files verified**: `src/lib/storage.ts`, `src/tracker/index.js`
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## Platform Comparison
First8Marketing Umami vs Standard Umami and other analytics platforms. For complete comparison tables, see [`docs/ANALYTICS_PLATFORM_COMPARISON.md`](docs/ANALYTICS_PLATFORM_COMPARISON.md).
### First8Marketing Umami vs Standard Umami
| Category | Standard Umami | First8Marketing Umami |
|----------|---------------|----------------------|
| **Database** | PostgreSQL/MySQL | PostgreSQL 17 + Apache AGE + TimescaleDB |
| **E-Commerce** | Basic revenue tracking | 10 WooCommerce fields + enhanced revenue |
| **Engagement** | Basic page views | Scroll depth, time-on-page, click count, form tracking |
| **Personalization** | None | User profiles, lifecycle stages, ML recommendations |
| **Graph Analytics** | None | Apache AGE with Cypher queries |
| **Time-Series** | Standard PostgreSQL | TimescaleDB (87% compression, 12.8x faster) |
| **Cookie Usage** | ❌ No cookies | ❌ No cookies (both verified) |
| **Data Retention** | Manual | Automated (90d/1y/2y policies) |
### First8Marketing Umami vs Other Platforms
| Feature | First8Marketing Umami | Google Analytics (GA4) | Matomo | Plausible |
|---------|----------------------|----------------------|--------|-----------|
| **Privacy** | Cookie-free | Requires cookies | Cookies optional | Cookie-free |
| **Data Ownership** | 100% (self-hosted) | Google owns data | 100% (self-hosted) | 100% (self-hosted) |
| **WooCommerce** | 10 custom fields | Plugin available | Plugin available | Basic |
| **Graph Database** | ✅ Apache AGE | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **Time-Series DB** | ✅ TimescaleDB | ✅ Proprietary | ❌ | ✅ ClickHouse |
| **ML Recommendations** | ✅ Built-in | ❌ | ❌ | ❌ |
| **Script Size** | ~2KB | ~45KB | ~22KB | <1KB |
| **Pricing** | Free (self-hosted) | Free tier limited | €19-€99/month | €9-€69/month |
**Unique Advantages**:
1. Only platform with graph database (Apache AGE) for user journey analysis
2. Only platform with built-in ML recommendation engine
3. Deepest WooCommerce integration (10 custom tracking fields)
4. User lifecycle tracking (new → active → at_risk → churned)
5. 100% open source with full database access
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### System Architecture
This Umami instance serves as the **data collection layer** for the First8 Marketing hyper-personalization system:
```
WordPress Site → Umami Analytics → Recommendation Engine → Personalized Content
```
**Data Flow:**
1. **Collection**: Umami captures all user interactions, page views, and WooCommerce events
2. **Storage**: Events stored in PostgreSQL with TimescaleDB for time-series optimization
3. **Graph Analysis**: Apache AGE enables relationship mapping between users, products, and behaviors
4. **ETL Pipeline**: Real-time synchronization with the recommendation engine
5. **Personalization**: ML models use analytics data to generate hyper-personalized recommendations
### Integration Components
This Umami installation works in conjunction with:
- **First8 Marketing Track Plugin** - WordPress connector for seamless event tracking
- **Recommendation Engine** - Proprietary ML-powered personalization backend
- **First8 Marketing Recommendation Engine Plugin** - WordPress connector for displaying personalized content
### Database Enhancements
**PostgreSQL Extensions:**
- **Apache AGE 1.6.0** - Graph database for relationship mapping
- **TimescaleDB 2.23.0** - Time-series optimization for analytics queries
- **Prisma 6.18.0** - ORM for database management
**Custom Schema Extensions:**
- User journey tracking tables
- Product interaction graphs
- Session behavior analysis
- Purchase pattern storage
### Configuration for First8 Marketing
**Environment Variables:**
```bash
DATABASE_URL=postgresql://username:password@localhost:5432/umami
NODE_ENV=production
PORT=3000
```
**Required PostgreSQL Version:** 17.x (for Apache AGE compatibility)
### Usage in First8 Marketing System
**Event Tracking:**
- All WordPress core events (page views, clicks, form submissions)
- WooCommerce events (product views, add to cart, purchases, checkout steps)
- Custom events via First8 Marketing Track plugin
- User journey and session tracking
**Data Access:**
- Real-time analytics dashboard via Umami UI
- ETL pipeline for recommendation engine
- Graph queries via Apache AGE for relationship analysis
- Time-series queries via TimescaleDB for trend analysis
### Deployment Notes
This instance is configured for standalone deployment with:
- PostgreSQL 17 database server
- Apache AGE graph extension
- TimescaleDB time-series extension
- Node.js 18.18+ runtime
- Reverse proxy (Nginx/Apache) for production
### Credits
**Original Software:**
- **Umami Analytics** - Created by [Umami Software](https://umami.is)
- Licensed under MIT License
- Original repository: [github.com/umami-software/umami](https://github.com/umami-software/umami)
**First8 Marketing Customization:**
- **Integration & Enhancement** - First8 Marketing
- PostgreSQL 17 + Apache AGE + TimescaleDB integration
- Extended event tracking for WordPress/WooCommerce
- ETL pipeline for recommendation engine
- Custom schema extensions for hyper-personalization
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## Support
**Original Umami Support:**
**First8 Marketing Integration Support:**
- For integration-specific issues, contact First8 Marketing
- For core Umami issues, use the official Umami support channels above
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## Related Projects
**First8 Marketing Ecosystem:**
This Umami Analytics fork is part of the First8 Marketing analytics and personalization ecosystem. Explore related public repositories:
- **[Umami Analytics](https://github.com/First8Marketing/umami)** - This repository
- Privacy-focused analytics platform
- Self-hosted, cookie-free analytics
- GDPR/CCPA compliant by design
- PostgreSQL 17 + Apache AGE + TimescaleDB extensions
- Real-time event tracking and reporting
- **[First8 Marketing Track](https://github.com/First8Marketing/first8marketing-track)** - WordPress analytics plugin
- WordPress → Umami Analytics connector
- WooCommerce event tracking (15+ event types)
- Visual event configuration via Gutenberg
- Privacy-compliant analytics integration
- Sends behavioral data to this Umami instance
- **[First8 Marketing Recommendation Engine](https://github.com/First8Marketing/first8marketing-recommendation-engine)** - WordPress personalization plugin
- Product recommendations for WooCommerce
- Dynamic content personalization
- Email marketing integration
- Uses Umami Analytics data for ML-driven recommendations
**System Integration:**
```
WordPress/WooCommerce
↓
First8 Marketing Track Plugin
↓
Umami Analytics (this repository)
↓
[Proprietary ML Backend - not public]
↓
First8 Marketing Recommendation Engine Plugin
↓
Personalized Content & Product Recommendations
```
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## License
This project maintains the original MIT License from Umami Software.
**Original Authors:** Umami Software
**Integration & Customization:** First8 Marketing
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