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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/
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