As a belated follow-up to this, I've created a new page draft where we can hopefully start to provide more accessible guidance about the available monitoring and analysis tools and best practices for tool developers: https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Toolforge/Monitor_and_analyze_tools (see task at https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T433989).
Thanks for making and sharing awesome tools for tools :-) On Fri, May 22, 2026 at 12:24β―AM Travis Briggs via Wikitech-l < [email protected]> wrote: > viewstoolforgeorgtools > > from the people who brought you expertsexchange.com (view stool for georg > tools icymi) > > π > > Having people use your stuff is amazing! That's probably why all those > weirdo non-technical editors contribute in the first place π€ > > -Travis > > On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 9:01β―PM rtnF via Wikitech-l < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Cool. Thank you for sharing this. >> >> Itβs pretty motivating to know that somebody out there is actually using my >> tools <https://rtnf.substack.com/p/viewstoolforgeorgtools> :) >> >> On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 11:46β―PM Jinoy Tom Jacob via Wikitech-l < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The toolviews API is cool. Have done a small attempt couple of months >>> ago during a workshop for visulize the views based on this API at >>> https://views.toolforge.org/tools/ >>> >>> Best Regards, >>> >>> *Jinoy * >>> Email: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> *Please donβt print this e-mail unless you really need to.Every 3000 >>> sheets consume a tree. Conserve Trees for a better tomorrow!* >>> >>> >>> On Thu, 21 May 2026 at 22:11, Sohom Datta via Wikitech-l < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> @Bd808: Ooh, this is nice, I did not know about the existence of this >>>> service! >>>> >>>> I wonder if there is an easy way for the tool view to tell if a view >>>> was from a bot? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Sohom Datta >>>> --- >>>> Open-source contributor @Wikimedia >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 21, 2026 at 12:15β―PM Bryan Davis via Wikitech-l < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Wed, May 20, 2026 at 11:45β―PM Suyash Dwivedi via Wikitech-l >>>>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> > >>>>> > Hi everyone, >>>>> > >>>>> > I've always been curious about how many people actually visit my >>>>> Toolforge tools - and I suspect I'm not alone. So I built Toolcounter ( >>>>> https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/), a lightweight, privacy-friendly >>>>> hit counter designed specifically for Toolforge-hosted tools. >>>>> > >>>>> > What it tracks >>>>> > >>>>> > π Page views - counted on every page load (including refreshes). >>>>> Good for total traffic. >>>>> > π€ Sessions (unique visit approximation) β uses sessionStorage in >>>>> the visitor's browser. First open in a tab = 1 session. Refresh = not >>>>> counted again. New tab = counted again. No cookies, no IP, no personal >>>>> data >>>>> stored. >>>>> > >>>>> > Both counts appear separately on the dashboard with a per-day bar >>>>> chart. >>>>> > >>>>> > Quick integration (replace YOUR_TOOL and PAGE) >>>>> > >>>>> > Option 1 - SVG badge (no JS, image only, shows page views): >>>>> > <img src=" >>>>> https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/badge.php?tool=YOUR_TOOL&page=PAGE"; >>>>> alt="Page views"> >>>>> > >>>>> > Option 2 - JS embed (shows both views + unique sessions): >>>>> > π Views: <span id="tc-views"></span> >>>>> > π€ Unique: <span id="tc-sessions"></span> >>>>> > <script src=" >>>>> https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/embed.js.php?tool=YOUR_TOOL&page=PAGE >>>>> "></script> >>>>> > >>>>> > An embed code generator is available on the homepage. >>>>> > >>>>> > Privacy >>>>> > The database stores zero personal data, only anonymous counters per >>>>> (tool, page) pair. No cookies are set. No IP addresses, User-Agent >>>>> strings, >>>>> or usernames are ever written to the database. Full privacy policy: >>>>> https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/privacy.php >>>>> > >>>>> > Source code is publicly available and open for audit. >>>>> >>>>> Seeing many flowers bloom is great. There is also a system you can use >>>>> at https://toolviews.toolforge.org/api/ which attempts to count 2xx >>>>> status responses ("hits") for all tools by parsing the access logs >>>>> generated at the Toolforge reverse proxy service. That system does not >>>>> currently have a nice UI, but it does have data going back to at least >>>>> 2019 and does not require inserting tracking tokens in your pages. >>>>> >>>>> Bryan >>>>> -- >>>>> Bryan Davis Wikimedia Foundation >>>>> Principal Software Engineer Boise, ID USA >>>>> [[m:User:BDavis (WMF)]] irc: bd808 >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>>>> >>>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>>> >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >>> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >>> >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] >> To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/ > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wikitech-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
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