Cookieless web analytics for Laravel

Why use Noralytic with Laravel

Laravel developers often avoid heavy analytics packages and consent tooling. Noralytic is one script tag in your layout, and it needs no Composer package.

Inertia and Livewire navigation is tracked too, because the script follows the browser history.

• No cookies, no local storage and no stored IP addresses, so analytics alone does not need a consent banner.
• A tracking script under 1 KB that will not slow down your pages.
• Real-time stats, top pages, sources, countries, devices, campaigns and events in one simple dashboard.
• Single-page navigation is tracked automatically, because the script follows the browser history.

What you need

• A free Noralytic account with your website added under its exact domain.
• Access to your main Blade layout, for example resources/views/layouts/app.blade.php.

How to add Noralytic to Laravel

The tracking code is one line. The steps below show where it goes.

<script data-host="https://noralytic.com" src="https://noralytic.com/js/script.js" id="ZwSg9rf6GA" async defer></script>

1. 1
   Open your layout
   Open the Blade layout that renders the <head> of your pages.
2. 2
   Add the snippet
   Paste the code inside the head. Wrap it in @production so local development is not tracked.
3. 3
   Deploy and test
   Deploy and check the real-time view in Noralytic.

@production
    <script data-host="https://noralytic.com" src="https://noralytic.com/js/script.js" id="ZwSg9rf6GA" async defer></script>
@endproduction

Check that tracking works

1. 1
   Open your website
   Use a private browser window so extensions and your login do not interfere.
2. 2
   Open the Noralytic real-time view
   In your Noralytic dashboard, open your website and go to Realtime.
3. 3
   Look for your visit
   Your page view should appear within a few seconds. Click through a few pages to see each one counted.

Track custom events on Laravel

Track clicks or form submissions from Blade, Alpine or Livewire.

<button type="button" onclick="window.pa && pa.track({ name: 'signup' })">Sign up</button>

Events appear in your Events report. A value and a unit are optional, for example pa.track({ name: 'purchase', value: 49.9, unit: 'EUR' }).

Exclude your own visits and bots

To keep your numbers clean, open your website settings in Noralytic and add your own IP address under excluded IP addresses. Make sure bot filtering is enabled so known crawlers are ignored.

Troubleshooting

• Inertia and Livewire: history navigation is tracked automatically, so you do not need to add a manual page view.
• Content Security Policy: if you use a CSP package, allow noralytic.com for scripts and connections.
• No data after a few minutes? Confirm that the domain in Noralytic matches your website exactly, and that the script appears in the page source.
• Ad blockers: some blockers hide analytics scripts. Test in a private window without extensions.
• Content Security Policy: if you use one, allow noralytic.com as a script and connection source.