Ahoy

What it does

API

The API accepts POST requests for visits and events at /ahoy/visits and /ahoy/events.checked 12 Oct 2026

API access

Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026

Bot filtering

Bots are excluded from tracking by default, and custom exclusion rules can be configured.checked 12 Oct 2026

Conversion funnels

Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026

Data retention

The README provides examples for deleting older visit and event data and deleting data for a specific user.checked 12 Oct 2026

Ecommerce tracking

Yeschecked 21 Sep 2026

Event tracking

Events have a name and properties and can be tracked from Ruby, JavaScript, native apps, and AMP.checked 12 Oct 2026

Geocoding privacy

The README recommends local or load-balancer geocoding to avoid sending IP addresses to a third-party service.checked 12 Oct 2026

Integrations

The README gives examples for Kafka, RabbitMQ, Fluentd, NATS, NSQ, and Amazon Kinesis Firehose data stores.checked 12 Oct 2026

Intended users

The project describes itself as built with developers in mind and targets Rails applications.checked 12 Oct 2026

License

The GitHub repository identifies the project as MIT licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026

Privacy

Ahoy offers IP masking, cookie-free anonymity sets, and disabling automatic association of visits with users as options to help with GDPR compliance.checked 12 Oct 2026

Purpose

Ahoy is first-party analytics for Rails that tracks visits and events in Ruby, JavaScript, and native apps.checked 12 Oct 2026

Storage

Ahoy stores tracked data in the Rails database by default and supports customizable data stores.checked 12 Oct 2026

Visit data

Visits can include traffic source, location, browser, operating system, device type, and UTM parameters.checked 12 Oct 2026

Visit duration

A new visit is created after four hours of inactivity by default.checked 12 Oct 2026