Analytics for
Electron Apps

Privacy-First. Simple. Real-Time.

Aptabase is an Open Source alternative to Google Firebase Analytics for Electron Apps

1. Register

Signing up takes less than a minute.

2. Instrument

Use the Electron SDK for Aptabase to instrument your app. You're in total control of what events to track.

Here's an example 👇

trackEvent("play_music", {
  name: "Here comes the sun"
});

Full install and setup steps in the quickstart below .

3. Explore

That's it! You'll now see the data on your dashboard as the events come through from your app.

Use Cases

Why add Analytics to your Electron Apps?

You can't improve what you don't measure. Aptabase helps you get valuable insights from your Electron Apps in a privacy-friendly manner.

Feature Usage: Are you aware of the features in your app that users engage with most frequently? What configurations that majority of your users prefer? Gaining insights into these areas allows you to make well-informed decisions on future focus points for enhancing your Electron app's user experience.
Growth and Adoption: Electron applications may lag in user updates due to the need for manual intervention during the update process. However, with Aptabase, you can swiftly determine the adoption rate of your app's newest version. This vital information aids you in making strategic decisions regarding the appropriate timing to phase out older versions.
Which OS versions do my users have?: Aptabase efficiently gathers data such as the names of operating systems such as Windows, macOS and various Linux distributions, and their respective versions. This valuable insight enables you to concentrate on crafting enhanced user experiences tailored to the most widely used OS and versions.

Quickstart

Add Aptabase to your Electron Apps

Install the Electron SDK, initialize it with your App Key and track your first event. Get the App Key from the dashboard's Instructions menu — keys look like A-EU-*, A-US-*.

1. Install

Package: @aptabase/electron

npm add @aptabase/electron

2. Initialization (main process)

import { initialize } from "@aptabase/electron/main";

initialize("<YOUR_APP_KEY>");

app.whenReady().then(() => {
  // ... rest of app initialization
});

3. Track events

The trackEvent function is available under separate import paths depending on the process: @aptabase/electron/main for the main process and @aptabase/electron/renderer for the renderer process.

import { trackEvent } from "@aptabase/electron/renderer";

trackEvent("app_started");
trackEvent("screen_view", { name: "Settings" });

How the SDK behaves

Nothing is tracked automatically — you call the track function for each event.
Every event is enriched automatically with OS name/version, app version and locale.
Custom property values must be strings or numbers.
Tracking calls are non-blocking and run in the background.
Events are separated into Debug and Release build modes automatically (see https://aptabase.com/docs/build-modes).

README on GitHub → · Build Modes → · All SDKs reference →

Privacy front and center

Analytics without the legal headaches

In the realms of user tracking and privacy, Aptabase employs a unique strategy to secure the privacy of your users.

Truly anonymous data: Sessions tracked by Aptabase are completely anonymous and untraceable. The data we collect is not linked to any identifiable individual.
Goodbye fingerprinting!: Aptabase does not use device identifiers, cookies, fingerprinting nor long-term user identification.
Open Source: Aptabase is 100% open source so you can inspect the code and make sure we're not doing anything shady :)
100% Data Ownership: It's your data, you own it. We don't sell it and we don't use it. It's yours and yours alone. You can even export it at any time!
EU or US data residency, or bring your own: You can decide where your data is stored. Choose between our EU or US data centers, or host your own servers!
GDPR, CCPA and PECR compliant: Aptabase does not collect any personal data to help you keep your application compliant with the latest strict privacy regulations.

Start free, pay when you grow

Free up to 20,000 events/month. Paid plans from $10/month for 200,000 events up to $450/month for 50,000,000 events. No overage fees.

See all plans →