I’ve just been installing Ghost using the Ubuntu - Ghost CLI method as I’m not so familiar with Docker, so naturally I think it’s confusing.
Wondering what everybody’s thoughts are on switching over to Docker Compose in order to get that Tinybird Analytics feature. Is it worth it?
I’m currently using third-party analytics (GoSquared) and was thinking about moving over to Google Analytics or Plausible Analytics.
Is there anything special about Tinybird analytics that those other analytics services don’t have? Or is the main selling point of having Tinybird Analytics just that you can view your analytics directly in the Ghost admin panel instead of having to open up and use another analytics’ software?
Any opinions and thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.
I have been using Plausible, and switched to Rybbit now. I wouldn’t trade it for the TinyBird implementation, personally, but use both extensively.
The use cases for me:
Rybbit is far more detailed and lets me track custom events.
TinyBird in Ghost can do conversion tracking as well, but just for Ghost native stuff – basically member signups. If I want to measure certain button clicks on a landing page, that’s not possible.
I use TinyBird a lot for quick glances and connecting newsletter analytics to stuff that’s happening on the Ghost site.
Honestly, I think for somebody just running a blog on Ghost, TinyBird is absolutely enough and more than sufficient though. My setup is rather overkill and an edge case within Ghost
I think the biggest advantage of using new Tinybird integrated analytics is having it right inside the Ghost Admin. The most comfortable way to see simple insights while you navigate in Ghost. But as Jannis already mentioned, it’s not an advanced tool, at least for now. It’s not a complete replacement for Plausible or Google Analytics. But if you just need to see basic stats, I think it’s currently the most convenient way.
Thanks guys. I decided to stick with Ghost-CLI and forgo Tinybird analytics for now. I’ll probably switch over to Docker at some point, but for the time being I’d rather stick with what I know and focus my mental energy on actually building my sites.
The ActivityPub feature was mainly what I was interested in, and it works with Ghost-CLI installs. Even with the ActivityPub limits imposed on Ghost-CLI installs, it will probably take me a long while to exceed those limits.
No, for Ghost 6, both are possible, with the Docker installation being a preview. Though, with Ghost 7 the CLI will be discontinued indeed:
So, we’re moving toward Docker Compose as the officially supported way to install, run and update Ghost. This is now available as a developer preview, and will become the default from Ghost 7.0 onward.
