Observed arrival · 2026-10-14
Skald reads the visits JavaScript analytics miss
A self-hosted analytics tool that reads server access logs to separate people, AI assistants, search engines, bots, and a site's own traffic.
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ƒJS
- For
- Site owners who want server-log analytics
- Worth noticing
- It labels browser-reported people an upper bound and says missing or disputed daily figures stay blank rather than becoming zero.
Field notes
The page divides requests into five groups and distinguishes AI training crawls from requests made to answer someone or serve a citation click. It says crawler claims are checked against published addresses or DNS, and that a separate parser audits the daily figures. Browser-reported people are treated as an upper bound; the page says a disputed day is withheld rather than guessed.
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◎NicheUnusually specific use
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