GoAccess
by GoAccess · Open source real-time web log analyser for terminal and browser
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Overview
GoAccess is an open source log analyser that parses web server access logs and shows HTTP statistics in real time, updating in milliseconds or seconds. It runs as a terminal (ncurses) dashboard or generates a self-contained HTML report, and can also emit JSON and CSV. You set the log format and run it against your log file.
- Best for
- System administrators who need real-time web server log analysis from a terminal or browser.
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the captured page describes the software as open source, MIT licensed and available to download.
- Runs on
- macOSLinuxSelf-hostedCLI
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Real-time analysis in the terminal over SSH, no browser needed
- Reads Apache, Nginx, S3, ELB, CloudFront and Caddy log formats
- Outputs a self-contained HTML report plus JSON and CSV
- MIT licensed, written in C, only ncurses as a dependency
Trade-offs
- Runs on *nix systems only
- You must set the log format yourself before running it
- Terminal is the default output; other reports are opt-in
How GoAccess markets itself
A structured read of the promise, proof and page design on GoAccess’s captured homepage.
Homepage capture
“WHAT IS IT?”
- Angle: Developer-first
- Hero: Product screenshot
Pricing
Published plans and prices from GoAccess’s own pricing page.
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
MCP support
Whether an agent can drive the product through the Model Context Protocol, and how much setup that takes.
Documentation
Publicly reachable docs — coverage, freshness, code samples and machine readability.
Agent friendliness
How readable the site is to an automated client: llms.txt, structured data, server-rendered content, crawler access.
Changelog
A public, dated record of what shipped and when — the clearest signal that a product is still alive.
Marketing site structure
Whether the site answers a buyer's questions: clear positioning, the pages that matter, and accessibility.
Page speed
How fast the site loads for real visitors: Chrome UX Report 75th-percentile LCP, INP and CLS, with a Lighthouse mobile run standing in where a site has too little traffic for field data.
Operational trust
Status page and incident history, security disclosure, compliance and data-processing documentation.
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
Openness
Source availability, self-hosting, data export and open standards. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — paid SaaS is not worse for being paid SaaS.
Maintenance
Release cadence and repository activity. Scored and shown, but not part of the composite — it is only measurable for open repositories.
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Where this comes from
The GoAccess pages BenchRank reads when it scores the product — its documentation, release notes, status and security pages, and its repository where there is one.
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