Welcome to Piwik Developer Zone
Trac is the place to follow along with the development of Piwik. Piwik is an open source web analytics software that aims to be an alternative to Google analytics.
You can track changes in the Timeline section of this site. There is also an RSS feed and a mailing list for those interested.
How to submit a bug report? Read recommendations on writing a good bug report. If you are looking to submit a bug report, please register or login and head on over.
User documentation
The Piwik User Documentation is hosted on the main website piwik.org:
- Piwik User Documentation
- Piwik FAQ
Participate in Piwik
There are many ways you can participate in Piwik! Also check out what users write about Piwik Analytics and consider submitting a testimonial.
Developer documentation
- API Documentation
Documentation about the REST API. Tutorial, Reference, Parameters description, list of all the available functions, etc. - Tracking API Documentation
Documentation about the Tracking API (to record visitors, actions, goals, ecommerce interactions). - Plugin development: framework overview, database schema overview, list of available hooks, and pointers to plugins code: execute SQL queries, how to new Menu entries, get information about the user, list the current website, the selected date, etc.
- List of existing Third Party Piwik Plugins to get inspiration from.
- Piwik Development Process: Who has access to the Git repository and source code, how to submit patches, Release process, and more.
- Piwik Roadmap: List of our priorities for Piwik 2.0, features to implement. You can participate!
- Mailing lists
- Other: Smarty templates, Definition of widgets, plugins, dashboard, Piwik-Marketing-Roadmap
The developer zone is maintained by Matthieu (see his Blog), Anthon, and the rest of the Piwik team.
Git repository access
You can browse the Git repository online.
If you're a developer, you can use the latest cutting edge revision from the Git repository. Check out the bleeding edge release with:
git clone https://github.com/piwik/piwik.git
Note: the Git Repo may be unstable at times (even though we try our best to keep it stable). For production use, you should download the latest official version.
You can easily contribute to Piwik via Pull requests: Contribute with Git.