A privacy-first web analytics platform with minimal configuration that automatically tracks page views, clicks, visitors, and sessions.
Visly Analytics
Visly is a privacy-first web analytics platform designed for developers who want meaningful insights without complex setup, invasive tracking, or bloated dashboards.
The goal is simple: drop in minimal config, and Visly handles the rest.
Page views, clicks, visitors, sessions — tracked automatically.
Why Visly Exists
Most analytics tools fail in one of two ways:
- Too complex to set up correctly
- Too invasive to user privacy
Visly is built for modern developers who want:
- Zero or near-zero configuration
- Real-time insights
- Full ownership of their data
- No cookies, no fingerprinting, no dark patterns
Core Features
Minimal Configuration
- Add a lightweight SDK
- Provide a project key
- Start receiving analytics instantly
No event schemas to define. No dashboards to wire manually.
Automatic Tracking
Visly automatically captures:
- Page Views – route changes and navigation
- Visitors – anonymous, privacy-safe identification
- Sessions – intelligent sessionization
- Clicks & Interactions – key UI interactions without manual instrumentation
All without cookies or personal data.
Privacy-First by Design
- No cookies
- No fingerprinting
- No personal identifiers
- GDPR-friendly by default
Analytics should not come at the cost of user trust.
Real-Time Analytics
- Events ingested in real time
- Live dashboards powered by a high-performance data pipeline
- Designed to handle high write throughput with low latency reads
Technical Architecture
Event Ingestion Pipeline
- Lightweight SDK sends events
- Events flow through Kafka for durability and scale
- Redis used for fast session lookups and caching
- ClickHouse powers analytical queries at scale
- PostgreSQL stores metadata and configuration
Built to scale from side projects to high-traffic products.
Session & Visitor Modeling
- Privacy-safe visitor identification
- Intelligent session windows
- Accurate aggregation without invasive tracking
Tech Stack
Frontend
Backend & Infrastructure
- Node.js
- Kafka
- Redis
- ClickHouse
- PostgreSQL
Challenges Faced
- Designing a truly zero-config analytics flow
- Handling high-throughput event ingestion
- Accurate sessionization without cookies
- Query performance at scale
- Keeping the SDK lightweight and fast
Infrastructure & Demo Environment Notes
To keep the demo environment lightweight and cost-efficient, some background processing components are currently disabled.
- The full event pipeline (Kafka → Worker → ClickHouse) has been designed, implemented, and validated.
- Continuous background workers are paused in the demo environment since real-time processing is not required for showcasing core functionality.
- All architectural components, deployment configurations, and scaling paths remain intact and can be re-enabled as needed.
This approach allows Visly to demonstrate production-grade system design while avoiding unnecessary infrastructure cost during development and portfolio usage.
Key Learnings
- Analytics system design at scale
- Event-driven architectures
- ClickHouse query optimization
- Designing developer-friendly SDKs
- Privacy-first product thinking
Status
Visly is currently under active development.
The focus is on stability, performance, and an exceptional developer experience before public launch.
If analytics should be invisible, fast, and respectful — Visly is built for that.
