Hit Counter

This site allows you to request for a svg file that displays views for a url. This url can either be passed as a query parameter or the referrer (or referer) value in the header will be used.

There is also a small method to prevent the refresh count increase issue (if you want to call it an issue, I see it as annoying) which uses cookies.

This makes is very easy too keep track of views on static sites like Github Pages. (can also be uses on non-static sites as a general counter)

The source code of this server can be found at github.com/brentvollebregt/hit-counter.