Big Brother

Big Brother is a dashboard widget to show Google Analytics data at a glance on your MODX dashboard.

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Version 1.5.3-pl

V2 & V3

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Downloads 312

Free!

Developer modmore

Google Analytics at a glance

Since 2011, Big Brother has provided you a welcome insight into your sites' visitor statistics by importing your Google Analytics data into the MODX dashboard.

We've maintained it since 2015 and rebuild it in 2021 to support the new Google Analytics 4 and the upcoming MODX3.

Big Brother is open source and free to use.

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Big Brother v2 & v3

Rebuilt from scratch in 2021, redesigned, and then updated in 2022 to the new Google OAuth standards. Ready for the future. Use for Google Analytics v4. Supports MODX 2.7+ and MODX 3.x. Comes with one big widget (pictured) and 5 individual widgets to resize and reposition at will.

Free to use under the MIT license.

Screenshot of Big Brother in action on the MODX Dashboard

Available from modx.com from our package provider.

Big Brother v1

End-of-life. The original Big Brother from 2011 by Stephane Boullard, maintained by modmore since 2015. Use for Google Analytics v3 (also known as "Universal Analytics"). Only supports MODX 2.x.

Free to use for non-commercial usage under the GPLv2 license; commercial use requires a HighCharts license.

Screenshot of Big Brother in action on the MODX Dashboard

Available from our package provider.

How it works

Add the Dashboard Widget

Start by installing the free extra from either MODX or modmore. In System > Dashboards, add the Google Analytics widget to your dashboard.

Login to Google

Start the authorization process from the dashboard. Click the button to login with your Google account, and give Big Brother secure access to the Google Analytics data in your account.

See your visits

Big Brother will now show you charts, tables, and key metrics from Google Analytics right on the MODX dashboard.

News about Big Brother

Big Brother: v3 now available, and end-of-life dates for v1 and v2

August 29, 2022

Following Google's announcement that the out-of-band authentication scheme is deprecated and will be removed on October 3rd, we have released Big Brother 3.0. We're also deprecating v1 and v2 with immediate effect, and have new end-of-life dates for both.

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Big Brother v2.2 adds referrers widget (plus v1.5.2 patch)

October 02, 2021

Several fixes for new Google Analytics profiles, and a new dashboard widget await you in Big Brother 2.2.

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First Big Brother v2 development build now available

June 07, 2021

Despite not quite reaching our crowdfunding goals for Big Brother v2, we've been working on it these last few weeks and are excited to now release the first development build.

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Support our work on 30+ open source extras

We take pride in our work and always try to deliver quality tools, no matter if we sell them as premium extras or release it as open source.

Maintaining all of the 30+ open source extras we have released over the years is a lot of work, which often doesn't get done as much as we'd like. Paid work and premium extras fill up our schedule faster than we can empty it as a small team.

By donating, you give us the option to reserve more time from the freelance members of our team. It literally buys more time for open source! And it also earns you our eternal gratitude, plus a public record of your generosity. Donations over €250 are also eligible for logo placement.

 

Raised €293.20 of €1,250 goal this year, €293.20 total (all-time)

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Hall of fame

Please note we switched our billing in March 2023, and only donations made after that switch are listed below.

From 2013 until the switch, we received a grand total of €4933 in donations (an average of €548 per year), across all our projects and several crowdfunding campaigns.

We'd like to especially thank the legendary Susan Ottwell for her very generous €1000 donation, and Jens Wittmann for various donations over the years totalling €550+. 💙

The average donation we received is €97.73.

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