matomo-org / matomo

# Matomo (formerly Piwik) - matomo.org
## Code Status
## Description
Matomo is the leading Free/Libre open analytics platform.
Matomo is a full-featured PHP MySQL software program that you download and install on your own webserver.
At the end of the five-minute installation process, you will be given a JavaScript code.
Simply copy and paste this tag on websites you wish to track and access your analytics reports in real-time.
Matomo aims to be a Free software alternative to Google Analytics and is already used on more than 1,400,000 websites. Privacy is built-in!
## Mission Statement
> « To create, as a community, the leading international open source digital analytics platform, that gives every user full control of their data, to empower better decisions. »
Our purpose is to:
> « Empower People Ethically »
## License
Matomo is released under the GPL v3 (or later) license, see LICENSE.
## Requirements
 * PHP 8.1.0 or greater
 * MySQL version 8.0 or greater, or MariaDB version 10.6 or greater
 * PHP extension pdo and pdo_mysql, or the MySQLi extension
 * Matomo is OS / server independent
See https://matomo.org/docs/requirements/.
## Install Matomo
 * Download Matomo
 * Upload Matomo to your webserver
 * Point your browser to the directory
 * Follow the steps
 * Add the given JavaScript code to your pages
 * (You may also generate fake data to experiment, by enabling the plugin VisitorGenerator)
See https://matomo.org/docs/installation/.
## Develop for Matomo
When using Matomo for development you need to install Matomo from the Git repository.
This will also give you access to a DDEV environment you can use. More details can be found in the DDEV README.
## Free trial 
If you do not have a server or don't want to host yourself, you can use our Matomo Cloud service (21 day free trial): https://matomo.org/start-free-analytics-trial/
## Online Demo
Check out the online demo for Matomo at demo.matomo.cloud.
## Changelog
For the list of all tickets closed in the current and past releases, see matomo.org/changelog/. For the list of technical changes in the Matomo platform, see developer.matomo.org/changelog.
## Get involved!
We believe in liberating Web Analytics, providing a free platform for simple and advanced analytics. Matomo was built by dozens of people like you,
and we need your help to make Matomo better… Why not participate in a useful project today? Learn how you can contribute to Matomo.
## Careers at Matomo
We're hiring! Learn more on our Careers page.
## Translations
Our translations are managed on Weblate.
## Quality Assurance
The Matomo project uses an ever-expanding comprehensive set of thousands of unit tests and hundreds of automated integration tests, system tests, JavaScript tests, and screenshot UI tests, running on a continuous integration server as part of its software quality assurance. Learn more.
We use BrowserStack.com testing tool to help check the Matomo user interface is compatible with many browsers.
## Security
Security i