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Documentation Index

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Overview

Use Plausible Analytics as a data source for Chartcastr. Connect your Plausible account with an API key and Chartcastr will pull visitor metrics, pageviews, bounce rates, and traffic breakdowns to generate charts delivered automatically to Slack or email. Plausible is a privacy-friendly alternative to Google Analytics. Chartcastr connects with read-only access to your site’s analytics data.

Setup

1

Create a Plausible API Key

In Plausible, go to Account Settings → API Keys (direct link) and create a new key. Copy the key — you’ll need it in the next step.
2

Find your Site ID

Your Site ID is the domain you registered in Plausible (e.g. example.com). You can find it on your Plausible dashboard or in Site Settings.
3

Connect in Chartcastr

In Chartcastr, go to New Source and select Plausible Analytics. Enter your API key and Site ID. Click Test & Connect to validate the connection.
Self-hosted Plausible: If you run your own Plausible instance, enter your custom host URL (e.g. https://plausible.yourdomain.com). Leave blank for Plausible Cloud.
4

Select a metric

Choose which analytics metric to track. Each metric becomes its own source. You can add multiple sources to send different charts on different schedules.
5

Create a connection

Pick or add a destination (Slack channel or email), set the delivery frequency, and optionally enable AI summaries.

Available Metrics

Chartcastr supports 10 pre-built Plausible metrics across two categories.

Traffic

Visitors, pageviews, sessions, bounce rate, and average visit duration per day.

Breakdowns

Top pages, traffic sources, countries, UTM sources, and entry pages.

View all available charts

See the full list of Plausible metrics with chart types and descriptions.

Next Steps

Slack destination

Deliver Plausible charts to your Slack channels with AI summaries in the thread.

Email destination

Schedule Plausible analytics reports to any inbox or distribution list.