GoAccess is an open-source, real-time log analyzer and interactive viewer for web server logs. It runs in terminals on UNIX-like systems and can generate standalone HTML, JSON, or CSV reports for browser-based analysis. GoAccess offers enhanced WebSocket authentication, supporting local and external JWT verification, with secure token refresh capabilities and seamless integration with external authentication systems. GoAccess allows any custom log format string. Predefined options include, Apache, Nginx, Amazon S3, Elastic Load Balancing, CloudFront, etc. Determine the amount of hits, visitors, bandwidth, and metrics for slowest running requests by the hour, or date.

Features

  • Real-time millisecond/second updates in terminal (written in C)
  • Interactive, beautiful terminal dashboard with customizable color schemes
  • Generates self-contained HTML, JSON, and CSV reports for visual analytics
  • Supports many log formats (Apache, Nginx, CloudFront, Amazon S3, etc.)
  • Lightweight with minimal dependencies (only requires ncurses)
  • Valgrind-tested for memory safety and performance trustworthiness

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Categories

Log Analysis

License

MIT License

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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac

Programming Language

C

Related Categories

C Log Analysis Software

Registered

2025-08-12