aid: counter-dev
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/counter-dev/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Counter
kind: company
description: Counter (counter.dev) is an open-source, privacy-friendly web analytics
  service. A lightweight tracking snippet POSTs a single aggregated hit per visit
  to a public collect endpoint (t.counter.dev), and a token-authenticated dashboard
  data feed returns aggregated stats. Counter uses no cookies, no logging, and no
  IP fingerprinting. It is AGPL-3.0 licensed and can be self-hosted; the hosted
  service is pay-what-you-want.
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Web Analytics
- Privacy
- Open Source
- Tracking
- Self-Hosted
created: '2026-06-21'
modified: '2026-06-21'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: counter-dev:counter-dev-tracking-api
  name: Counter Tracking / Collect API
  tags:
  - Tracking
  - Collect
  - Analytics
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://counter.dev/help/integration.html
  baseURL: https://t.counter.dev
  properties:
  - url: https://counter.dev/help/integration.html
    type: Documentation
  - url: https://github.com/ihucos/counter.dev/blob/master/docs/script.js
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/counter-dev-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/counter-dev.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/counter-dev.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Public, unauthenticated collect endpoints called by the 1.1 KB tracking
    snippet. GET /track records one aggregated visit (referrer, screen, country,
    language, device) keyed to a site data-id; POST /trackpage records a pageview
    via the browser Beacon API. No cookies or IP addresses are stored.
- aid: counter-dev:counter-dev-stats-api
  name: Counter Stats / Dashboard Data API
  tags:
  - Stats
  - Dashboard
  - Reporting
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://counter.dev/dashboard.html
  baseURL: https://counter.dev
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/ihucos/counter.dev/blob/master/backend/endpoints/query.go
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/counter-dev-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/counter-dev.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/counter-dev.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Token- or session-authenticated read endpoints that return aggregated
    site stats. GET /query returns JSON archive data for a date range; GET /dump is
    a Server-Sent Events stream pushing live and archived dump payloads. Sessionless
    access uses user + token query parameters; a shareable read token is resettable
    via /resettoken.
- aid: counter-dev:counter-dev-account-api
  name: Counter Account API
  tags:
  - Account
  - Authentication
  - Users
  image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
  humanURL: https://counter.dev/
  baseURL: https://counter.dev
  properties:
  - url: https://github.com/ihucos/counter.dev/tree/master/backend/endpoints
    type: APIReference
  - url: openapi/counter-dev-openapi.yml
    type: OpenAPI
  - url: collections/counter-dev.postman_collection.json
    type: PostmanCollection
  - url: collections/counter-dev.opencollection.json
    type: OpenCollection
  description: Form-encoded account endpoints backing the dashboard - register, login,
    logout, edit account, reset token, and delete user/site. Authentication is by
    username and password establishing a session cookie; these are application
    endpoints rather than a formally published developer API.
common:
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/ihucos/counter.dev
- type: Website
  url: https://counter.dev/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://counter.dev/help/integration.html
- type: Plans
  url: plans/counter-dev-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/counter-dev-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/counter-dev-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com