# Scarf.sh with Discourse
**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/scarf-sh-with-discourse/296009
**Category:** Feature
**Created:** [February 20, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scarf-sh-with-discourse/296009 "2024-02-20T06:03:30Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@atwong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/atwong)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2024, 6:03am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scarf-sh-with-discourse/296009/1 "2024-02-20T06:03:30Z")
What is Scarf.sh
- Helps developers and maintainers of open-source projects understand how their software is being used, where it’s being downloaded from, and by whom.
- Provides insights into things like user adoption, geographic distribution, and company usage.
- This data can help developers make informed decisions about their projects, such as what features to prioritize or how to market their software more effectively.
How to install it in your discourse website.
1. Follow [Perform Google Search Console Verification with Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/perform-google-search-console-a-k-a-google-webmaster-tools-verification-with-discourse/107229)
2. However instead of putting in a google html in HEAD, put in your scarf.sh marketing pixel. See below for an example.
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2024, 8:44am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scarf-sh-with-discourse/296009/2 "2024-02-20T08:44:35Z")
That can be problematic at least for EU-users.
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### Author:  [@atwong](https://meta.discourse.org/u/atwong)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2024, 3:38pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scarf-sh-with-discourse/296009/3 "2024-02-20T15:38:02Z")
_Scarf_ is a _GDPR_ -compliant data processor, and is currently undergoing SOC2 certification via [https://about.scarf.sh/faq](https://about.scarf.sh/faq)
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [February 20, 2024, 4:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scarf-sh-with-discourse/296009/4 "2024-02-20T16:24:35Z")
So it isn’t delivering anykind personal data what so ever. Good to know.
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### Author:  [@Val\_H](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Val_H)
#### Post date: [April 27, 2024, 11:56pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scarf-sh-with-discourse/296009/5 "2024-04-27T23:56:31Z")
Scarf collects your IP and then uses data providers to scrape together a lot of information about you, any company you work for, and your web traffic. They have access to all your data internally and share that data with the companies that have accounts. They say that they don’t collect or save your IP information. However, that is not true! They save it in their databases and their archives!
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### Author:  [@Jagster](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Jagster)
#### Post date: [April 28, 2024, 6:29am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/scarf-sh-with-discourse/296009/6 "2024-04-28T06:29:30Z")
Good luck with that. Trying to find my use out of about 20 000 - 50 000 users with same IP at this moment when it will change quite soon again is quite expensive and hard job. And getting some centralized updated database where names are connected together IP would be… huge.
That’s one reason why IP is that useless to do stalking. And we have cookies and similar systems.