diff --git a/client/src/galaxy.library.js b/client/src/galaxy.library.js
index 664bff5e592..62090ac6acf 100644
--- a/client/src/galaxy.library.js
+++ b/client/src/galaxy.library.js
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ var LibraryRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
     },
 
     /**
-     * Track every route change as a page view in Google Analytics.
+     * Track every route change as a page view in Google Analytics or Plausible
      */
     trackPageview: function () {
         var url = Backbone.history.getFragment();
@@ -65,6 +65,13 @@ var LibraryRouter = Backbone.Router.extend({
         if (typeof ga !== "undefined") {
             ga("send", "pageview", `${getAppRoot()}library/list${url}`);
         }
+        if (typeof window.plausible !== "undefined") {
+            window.plausible(`pageview ${getAppRoot()}library/list${url}`);
+        }
+        if (typeof window._paq !== "undefined") {
+            window._paq.push(["setCustomUrl", `${getAppRoot()}library/list${url}`]);
+            window._paq.push(["trackPageView"]);
+        }
     },
 });
 
@@ -115,6 +122,33 @@ var GalaxyLibrary = Backbone.View.extend({
             ga("create", Galaxy.config.ga_code, "auto");
             ga("send", "pageview");
         }
+        if (Galaxy.config.plausible_server && Galaxy.config.plausible_domain) {
+            document.write(
+                '<script async defer data-domain="' +
+                    Galaxy.config.plausible_domain +
+                    '" src="' +
+                    Galaxy.config.plausible_server +
+                    '/js/plausible.js"></script>'
+            );
+        }
+        if (Galaxy.config.matomo_server && Galaxy.config.matomo_site_id) {
+            var _paq = (window._paq = window._paq || []);
+            /* tracker methods like "setCustomDimension" should be called before "trackPageView" */
+            _paq.push(["trackPageView"]);
+            _paq.push(["enableLinkTracking"]);
+            (function () {
+                var u = Galaxy.config.matomo_server + "/";
+                _paq.push(["setTrackerUrl", u + "matomo.php"]);
+                _paq.push(["setSiteId", Galaxy.config.matomo_site_id]);
+                var d = document;
+                var g = d.createElement("script");
+                var s = d.getElementsByTagName("script")[0];
+                g.type = "text/javascript";
+                g.async = true;
+                g.src = u + "matomo.js";
+                s.parentNode.insertBefore(g, s);
+            })();
+        }
 
         Galaxy.libraries = this;
 
diff --git a/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst b/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
index ddc26a4658c..8d1c05cb446 100644
--- a/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
+++ b/doc/source/admin/galaxy_options.rst
@@ -1468,6 +1468,51 @@
 :Type: str
 
 
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+``plausible_server``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:Description:
+    Please enter the URL for the Plausible server (including https) so
+    this can be used for tracking with Plausible
+    (https://plausible.io/).
+:Default: ``None``
+:Type: str
+
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+``plausible_domain``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:Description:
+    Please enter the URL for the Galaxy server so this can be used for
+    tracking with Plausible (https://plausible.io/).
+:Default: ``None``
+:Type: str
+
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+``matomo_server``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:Description:
+    Please enter the URL for the Matomo server (including https) so
+    this can be used for tracking with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+:Default: ``None``
+:Type: str
+
+
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+``matomo_site_id``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+:Description:
+    Please enter the site ID for the Matomo server so this can be used
+    for tracking with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+:Default: ``None``
+:Type: str
+
+
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 ``display_servers``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
index a65ad1df8fb..3f90f6c42c3 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/galaxy.yml.sample
@@ -817,6 +817,23 @@ galaxy:
   # your Google Analytics account.  Example: UA-XXXXXXXX-Y
   #ga_code: null
 
+  # Please enter the URL for the Plausible server (including https) so
+  # this can be used for tracking with Plausible
+  # (https://plausible.io/).
+  #plausible_server: null
+
+  # Please enter the URL for the Galaxy server so this can be used for
+  # tracking with Plausible (https://plausible.io/).
+  #plausible_domain: null
+
+  # Please enter the URL for the Matomo server (including https) so this
+  # can be used for tracking with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+  #matomo_server: null
+
+  # Please enter the site ID for the Matomo server so this can be used
+  # for tracking with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+  #matomo_site_id: null
+
   # Galaxy can display data at various external browsers.  These options
   # specify which browsers should be available.  URLs and builds
   # available at these browsers are defined in the specified files.
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/tool_shed.yml.sample b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/tool_shed.yml.sample
index d7e8e6c5aac..3ba6eb2948e 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/config/sample/tool_shed.yml.sample
+++ b/lib/galaxy/config/sample/tool_shed.yml.sample
@@ -179,6 +179,23 @@ tool_shed:
   # your Google Analytics account. Example: UA-XXXXXXXX-Y
   #ga_code: null
 
+  # Please enter the URL for the Plausible server (including https) so
+  # this can be used for tracking with Plausible
+  # (https://plausible.io/).
+  #plausible_server: null
+
+  # Please enter the URL for the Galaxy server so this can be used for
+  # tracking with Plausible (https://plausible.io/).
+  #plausible_domain: null
+
+  # Please enter the URL for the Matomo server (including https) so this
+  # can be used for tracking with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+  #matomo_server: null
+
+  # Please enter the site ID for the Matomo server so this can be used
+  # for tracking with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+  #matomo_site_id: null
+
   # The Tool Shed encodes various internal values when these values will
   # be output in some format (for example, in a URL or cookie).  You
   # should set a key to be used by the algorithm that encodes and
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py b/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
index cbf2bd1be09..0018945f7bf 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
+++ b/lib/galaxy/managers/configuration.py
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ class ConfigSerializer(base.ModelSerializer):
             'datatypes_disable_auto': _use_config,
             'allow_user_dataset_purge': _defaults_to(False),  # schema default is True
             'ga_code': _use_config,
+            'plausible_server': _use_config,
+            'plausible_domain': _use_config,
+            'matomo_server': _use_config,
+            'matomo_site_id': _use_config,
             'enable_unique_workflow_defaults': _use_config,
             'enable_beta_markdown_export': _use_config,
             'simplified_workflow_run_ui_target_history': _use_config,
diff --git a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
index 378e1b9bb4b..87d9be76f7c 100644
--- a/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
+++ b/lib/galaxy/webapps/galaxy/config_schema.yml
@@ -1061,6 +1061,34 @@ mapping:
           You can enter tracking code here to track visitor's behavior
           through your Google Analytics account.  Example: UA-XXXXXXXX-Y
 
+      plausible_server:
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Please enter the URL for the Plausible server (including https) so this can be used for tracking
+          with Plausible (https://plausible.io/).
+
+      plausible_domain:
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Please enter the URL for the Galaxy server so this can be used for tracking
+          with Plausible (https://plausible.io/).
+
+      matomo_server:
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Please enter the URL for the Matomo server (including https) so this can be used for tracking
+          with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+
+      matomo_site_id:
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Please enter the site ID for the Matomo server so this can be used for tracking
+          with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+
       display_servers:
         type: str
         default: hgw1.cse.ucsc.edu,hgw2.cse.ucsc.edu,hgw3.cse.ucsc.edu,hgw4.cse.ucsc.edu,hgw5.cse.ucsc.edu,hgw6.cse.ucsc.edu,hgw7.cse.ucsc.edu,hgw8.cse.ucsc.edu,lowepub.cse.ucsc.edu
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/config_schema.yml b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/config_schema.yml
index 1302a11593a..3fadb90539a 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/config_schema.yml
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/config_schema.yml
@@ -172,6 +172,34 @@ mapping:
           You can enter tracking code here to track visitor's behavior
           through your Google Analytics account. Example: UA-XXXXXXXX-Y
 
+      plausible_server:
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Please enter the URL for the Plausible server (including https) so this can be used for tracking
+          with Plausible (https://plausible.io/).
+
+      plausible_domain:
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Please enter the URL for the Galaxy server so this can be used for tracking
+          with Plausible (https://plausible.io/).
+
+      matomo_server:
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Please enter the URL for the Matomo server (including https) so this can be used for tracking
+          with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+
+      matomo_site_id:
+        type: str
+        required: false
+        desc: |
+          Please enter the site ID for the Matomo server so this can be used for tracking
+          with Matomo (https://matomo.org/).
+
       id_secret:
         type: str
         default: changethisinproductiontoo
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base.mako b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base.mako
index c72f5687ddf..ea1688d42bf 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base.mako
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base.mako
@@ -68,6 +68,12 @@
     %if self.js_app and self.js_app.config and self.js_app.config.ga_code:
         ${ galaxy_client.config_google_analytics(self.js_app.config.ga_code) }
     %endif
+    %if self.js_app and self.js_app.config and self.js_app.config.plausible_server and self.js_app.config.plausible_domain:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_plausible_analytics(self.js_app.config.plausible_server, self.js_app.config.plausible_domain) }
+    %endif
+    %if self.js_app and self.js_app.config and self.js_app.config.matomo_server and self.js_app.config.matomo_site_id:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_matomo_analytics(self.js_app.config.matomo_server, self.js_app.config.matomo_site_id) }
+    %endif
 
     %if not form_input_auto_focus is UNDEFINED and form_input_auto_focus:
         <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base/base_panels.mako b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base/base_panels.mako
index 1e1f81ac5d6..d57862ba9ad 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base/base_panels.mako
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/base/base_panels.mako
@@ -70,6 +70,12 @@
     %if t.webapp.name == 'galaxy' and app.config.ga_code:
         ${galaxy_client.config_google_analytics(app.config.ga_code)}
     %endif
+    %if t.webapp.name == 'galaxy' and app.config.plausible_server and app.config.plausible_domain:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_plausible_analytics(app.config.plausible_server, app.config.plausible_domain) }
+    %endif
+    %if t.webapp.name == 'galaxy' and app.config.matomo_server and app.config.matomo_site_id:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_matomo_analytics(app.config.matomo_server, app.config.matomo_site_id) }
+    %endif
 
 </%def>
 
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/galaxy_client_app.mako b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/galaxy_client_app.mako
index 07b0f84cc54..a8ed317e27b 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/galaxy_client_app.mako
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/galaxy_client_app.mako
@@ -70,6 +70,41 @@ ${ h.dumps( dictionary, indent=( 2 if trans.debug else 0 ) ) }
     </script>
 </%def>
 
+<%def name="config_plausible_analytics(plausible_server, plausible_domain)">
+    %if plausible_server and plausible_domain:
+        <script async defer data-domain="${plausible_domain}" src="${plausible_server}/js/plausible.js"></script>
+    %else:
+        <script>console.warn("Missing plausible server or plausible domain");</script>
+    %endif
+</%def>
+
+<%def name="config_matomo_analytics(matomo_server, matomo_site_id)">
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        console.log("config_matomo_analytics matomo_server:", '${matomo_server}');
+        console.log("config_matomo_analytics matomo_site_id:", '${matomo_site_id}');
+        %if ga_code:
+            var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || [];
+            /* tracker methods like "setCustomDimension" should be called before "trackPageView" */
+            _paq.push(['trackPageView']);
+            _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
+            (function () {
+                var u = "${matomo_server}/";
+                _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u + 'matomo.php']);
+                _paq.push(['setSiteId', '${matomo_site_id}']);
+                var d = document;
+                var g = d.createElement('script');
+                var s = d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
+                g.type = 'text/javascript';
+                g.async = true;
+                g.src = u + 'matomo.js';
+                s.parentNode.insertBefore(g, s);
+            })();
+        %else:
+            console.warn("Missing matomo server or matomo site id");
+        %endif
+    </script>
+</%def>
+
 
 ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 <%def name="get_user_dict()">
diff --git a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/webapps/tool_shed/base_panels.mako b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/webapps/tool_shed/base_panels.mako
index 95384138be4..e9ceef2c311 100644
--- a/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/webapps/tool_shed/base_panels.mako
+++ b/lib/tool_shed/webapp/templates/webapps/tool_shed/base_panels.mako
@@ -48,6 +48,12 @@
     %if app.config.ga_code:
         ${ galaxy_client.config_google_analytics(app.config.ga_code)}
     %endif
+    %if app.config.plausible_server and app.config.plausible_domain:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_plausible_analytics(app.config.plausible_server, app.config.plausible_domain) }
+    %endif
+    %if app.config.matomo_server:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_matomo_analytics(app.config.matomo_server) }
+    %endif
 
     ## start main tag
     <nav id="masthead" class="navbar navbar-expand fixed-top justify-content-center navbar-dark">
diff --git a/templates/base.mako b/templates/base.mako
index de8fb791252..a7b1aafaf23 100644
--- a/templates/base.mako
+++ b/templates/base.mako
@@ -64,6 +64,12 @@
     %if self.js_app and self.js_app.config and self.js_app.config.ga_code:
         ${ galaxy_client.config_google_analytics(self.js_app.config.ga_code) }
     %endif
+    %if self.js_app and self.js_app.config and self.js_app.config.plausible_server and self.js_app.config.plausible_domain:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_plausible_analytics(self.js_app.config.plausible_server, self.js_app.config.plausible_domain) }
+    %endif
+    %if self.js_app and self.js_app.config and self.js_app.config.matomo_server and self.js_app.config.matomo_site_id:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_matomo_analytics(self.js_app.config.matomo_server, self.js_app.config.matomo_site_id) }
+    %endif
 
     %if not form_input_auto_focus is UNDEFINED and form_input_auto_focus:
         <script type="text/javascript">
diff --git a/templates/base/base_panels.mako b/templates/base/base_panels.mako
index b00979259fe..95649fa390f 100644
--- a/templates/base/base_panels.mako
+++ b/templates/base/base_panels.mako
@@ -69,6 +69,12 @@
     %if t.webapp.name == 'galaxy' and app.config.ga_code:
         ${galaxy_client.config_google_analytics(app.config.ga_code)}
     %endif
+    %if t.webapp.name == 'galaxy' and app.config.plausible_server and app.config.plausible_domain:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_plausible_analytics(app.config.plausible_server, app.config.plausible_domain) }
+    %endif
+    %if t.webapp.name == 'galaxy' and app.config.matomo_server and app.config.matomo_site_id:
+        ${ galaxy_client.config_matomo_analytics(app.config.matomo_server, app.config.matomo_site_id) }
+    %endif
 
 </%def>
 
diff --git a/templates/galaxy_client_app.mako b/templates/galaxy_client_app.mako
index a907b6cec54..240a9b50616 100644
--- a/templates/galaxy_client_app.mako
+++ b/templates/galaxy_client_app.mako
@@ -71,6 +71,43 @@ ${ h.dumps( dictionary, indent=( 2 if trans.debug else 0 ) ) }
     </script>
 </%def>
 
+<%def name="config_plausible_analytics(plausible_server, plausible_domain)">
+    %if plausible_server and plausible_domain:
+        <script async defer data-domain="${plausible_domain}" src="${plausible_server}/js/plausible.js"></script>
+        <script>window.plausible = window.plausible || function() { (window.plausible.q = window.plausible.q || []).push(arguments) }</script>
+    %else:
+        <script>
+            console.warn("Missing plausible server or plausible domain");
+        </script>
+    %endif
+</%def>
+
+<%def name="config_matomo_analytics(matomo_server, matomo_site_id)">
+    <script type="text/javascript">
+        console.log("config_matomo_analytics matomo_server:", '${matomo_server}');
+        console.log("config_matomo_analytics matomo_site_id:", '${matomo_site_id}')
+        %if matomo_server and matomo_site_id:
+            var _paq = window._paq = window._paq || [];
+            /* tracker methods like "setCustomDimension" should be called before "trackPageView" */
+            _paq.push(['trackPageView']);
+            _paq.push(['enableLinkTracking']);
+            (function () {
+                var u = "${matomo_server}/";
+                _paq.push(['setTrackerUrl', u + 'matomo.php']);
+                _paq.push(['setSiteId', '${matomo_site_id}']);
+                var d = document;
+                var g = d.createElement('script');
+                var s = d.getElementsByTagName('script')[0];
+                g.type = 'text/javascript';
+                g.async = true;
+                g.src = u + 'matomo.js';
+                s.parentNode.insertBefore(g, s);
+            })();
+        %else:
+            console.warn("Missing matomo server or matomo site id");
+        %endif
+    </script>
+</%def>
 
 
 ## ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/templates/js-app.mako b/templates/js-app.mako
index e394a35193b..d1a48754eea 100644
--- a/templates/js-app.mako
+++ b/templates/js-app.mako
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@
             'jquery-ui/smoothness/jquery-ui',
             'bootstrap-tour',
         )}
-
     </head>
 
     <body scroll="no" class="full-content">
@@ -76,7 +75,12 @@
     %if app.config.ga_code:
         ${ galaxy_client.config_google_analytics(app.config.ga_code) }
     %endif
-
+    %if app.config.plausible_server and app.config.plausible_domain:
+            ${ galaxy_client.config_plausible_analytics(app.config.plausible_server, app.config.plausible_domain) }
+    %endif
+    %if app.config.matomo_server and app.config.matomo_site_id:
+            ${ galaxy_client.config_matomo_analytics(app.config.matomo_server, app.config.matomo_site_id) }
+    %endif
 </%def>
 
 <%def name="js_disabled_warning()">