GoAccess

A fast, real-time web log analyzer that shows HTTP statistics in your terminal or as a live HTML report, with no tracking script needed.

21.1k stars, 1.2k forks C On GitHub since July 2013

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What is GoAccess?

GoAccess reads your web server's access logs, from Nginx, Apache, Caddy, CloudFront and many other formats, and turns them into statistics: visitors, requests, status codes, referrers, browsers, operating systems and more. You can watch them update live in the terminal, or generate a self-contained HTML report that refreshes over a WebSocket. Because it uses logs, it needs no JavaScript on your pages and counts every request, including from users who block trackers. It is written in C and is very fast.

Good fit if

  • You run servers and want traffic stats without adding a tracking script.
  • You need a quick view of bots, errors and heavy requests for security or debugging.

Look elsewhere if

  • You want visitor-level analytics with goals and events: Matomo or Plausible.
  • You want an always-on web dashboard: Umami.

Before you adopt it

GoAccess is MIT-licensed, having moved from GPL-2.0 in March 2016, with no paid edition. Its creator, Gerardo Orellana, writes about 90% of the commits.

Drafted with AI from the project's README and repository data, then checked against that data on 30 October 2026. Report a correction

GoAccess health: is it still maintained?

60 of 100, actively developed

  • Activity
    60 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 28 October 2026.
    22 / 30
  • Contributors
    5 people wrote the 60 commits of the last 90 days; the most active wrote 90% of them.
    10 / 20
  • Releases
    No releases published on GitHub.
    6 / 20
  • Replies to issues
    Maintainers answered 93% of recent issues, with a median first reply after 2 days.
    17 / 20
  • Security practices
    OpenSSF Scorecard 5.4 of 10.
    5 / 10

Read from GitHub on 1 November 2026. How the score works

GoAccess license: is it open source?

GoAccess uses MIT, an open-source license approved by the OSI.

  1. July 2013First published on GitHub under GPL-2.0.
  2. 11 March 2016Changed to MIT. Commit: Changed GoAccess license to The MIT License (MIT).
  3. TodayMIT.

How to run GoAccess yourself

Docker
Dockerfile or compose file in the repository
Compose file
docker-compose/docker-compose.traefik.yaml: 2 services (proxy)
Setup effort
2 of 5, judged from the compose file
Kubernetes
No Helm chart in the repository
Desktop and mobile
Builds for Linux in GitHub releases
Interface languages
11 languages

Install instructions: goaccess.io or the README on GitHub.

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Questions about GoAccess

Is GoAccess open source?

Yes. GoAccess is published under MIT, an OSI-approved open-source license.

Is GoAccess still maintained?

Its health score is 60 of 100 (actively developed). It had 60 commits in the last 90 days, the latest on 28 October 2026.

Did GoAccess change its license?

Yes. It moved from GPL-2.0 to MIT on 11 March 2016.

How do I run GoAccess?

You can run it with Docker, as an app for Linux. The README on GitHub has the exact steps.

What are the alternatives to GoAccess?

Close alternatives in the Web analytics category include Countly, Plausible, Matomo.