Analytics for
Browser Extensions

Privacy-First. Simple. Real-Time.

Aptabase is an Open Source alternative to Google Firebase Analytics for Browser Extensions

1. Register

Signing up takes less than a minute.

2. Instrument

Use the Browser Extension SDK for Aptabase to instrument your app. You're in total control of what events to track.

Here's an example 👇

trackEvent("settings_changed", {
  theme: "dark"
});

Full install and setup steps in the quickstart below .

3. Explore

That's it! You'll now see the data on your dashboard as the events come through from your app.

Use Cases

Why add Analytics to your Browser Extensions?

You can't improve what you don't measure. Aptabase helps you get valuable insights from your Browser Extensions in a privacy-friendly manner.

Feature Usage: Are you aware of the features in your app that users engage with most frequently? What configurations that majority of your users prefer? Gaining insights into these areas allows you to make well-informed decisions on future focus points for enhancing your extension's user experience.
Location and Language: Understanding the geographical distribution of your user base can significantly inform the decision to localize your extension, thereby enhancing its global accessibility and visibility on the various browser extension stores.
Which browser versions do my users have?: Aptabase efficiently gathers data such as the names of browsers such as Chrome, Firefox, Edge and Safari, alongside their respective versions. This valuable insight enables you to concentrate on crafting enhanced user experiences tailored to the most widely used browsers and versions.

Quickstart

Add Aptabase to your Browser Extensions

Install the Browser extensions SDK, initialize it with your App Key and track your first event. Get the App Key from the dashboard's Instructions menu — keys look like A-EU-*, A-US-*.

1. Install

Package: @aptabase/browser (~1 kB)

npm add @aptabase/browser

2. Initialization

Initialize in your background script:

import { init } from "@aptabase/browser";

init("<YOUR_APP_KEY>");

Optional second parameter: { isDebug: true }. By default the SDK detects dev mode by checking whether the extension was installed from a store.

3. Track events

import { trackEvent } from "@aptabase/browser";

trackEvent("extension_installed");
trackEvent("popup_opened", { page: "settings" });

How the SDK behaves

Nothing is tracked automatically — you call the track function for each event.
Every event is enriched automatically with OS name/version, app version and locale.
Custom property values must be strings or numbers.
Tracking calls are non-blocking and run in the background.
Events are separated into Debug and Release build modes automatically (see https://aptabase.com/docs/build-modes).

README on GitHub → · Build Modes → · All SDKs reference →

Privacy front and center

Analytics without the legal headaches

In the realms of user tracking and privacy, Aptabase employs a unique strategy to secure the privacy of your users.

Truly anonymous data: Sessions tracked by Aptabase are completely anonymous and untraceable. The data we collect is not linked to any identifiable individual.
Goodbye fingerprinting!: Aptabase does not use device identifiers, cookies, fingerprinting nor long-term user identification.
Open Source: Aptabase is 100% open source so you can inspect the code and make sure we're not doing anything shady :)
100% Data Ownership: It's your data, you own it. We don't sell it and we don't use it. It's yours and yours alone. You can even export it at any time!
EU or US data residency, or bring your own: You can decide where your data is stored. Choose between our EU or US data centers, or host your own servers!
GDPR, CCPA and PECR compliant: Aptabase does not collect any personal data to help you keep your application compliant with the latest strict privacy regulations.

Start free, pay when you grow

Free up to 20,000 events/month. Paid plans from $10/month for 200,000 events up to $450/month for 50,000,000 events. No overage fees.

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