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GoAccess

Visual web log analyzer

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GoAccess is an open-source, real-time log analyzer and interactive viewer designed for system administrators who need to quickly analyze web server traffic without relying on a browser. It solves the problem of monitoring HTTP statistics on the fly, running directly in a terminal on *nix systems or through a browser, and can also generate self-contained HTML, JSON, and CSV reports for offline analysis.

Its main capabilities include real-time terminal and web dashboards that update every 200 milliseconds, support for nearly all web log formats such as Apache, Nginx, Amazon S3, and CloudFront, and features like ASN mapping for detecting malicious traffic, response time tracking, and incremental log processing. The tool also offers WebSocket authentication, metrics per virtual host, and Docker support, with a modular dashboard that allows panel reordering and scale adjustments.

GoAccess is intended for DevOps professionals, system administrators, and security teams who need fast, terminal-based log analysis. It is MIT-licensed and available as a free download, with no mention of paid editions, trial periods, or seat-based pricing on the provided pages.

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