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* 📄 Page views - counted on every page load (including refreshes). Good for total traffic. 👤 Sessions (unique visit approximation) — 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): 👁 Views: <span id="tc-views"></span> 👤 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. Feedback and contributions are very welcome. Happy to answer questions here or on my talk page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Suyash.dwivedi Cheers, Suyash Dwivedi https://toolcounter.toolforge.org/ https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikis_Lazy_Coders
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