GoAccess
The facts below are what the maker publishes about GoAccess, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From GoAccess's own pricing page, checked 12 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| GoAccess | Free | Open source · MIT licensed · Self-hosted |
The facts
Each one read from GoAccess's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- API access
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Conversion funnels
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Dashboard
- The terminal dashboard presents report panels in a scrollable view, and panels can be reordered and expanded for more detail.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Docker
- GoAccess provides Docker image support configurable through volume mapping and `goaccess.conf`.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Ecommerce tracking
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Event tracking
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Incremental processing
- It can persist processed log data on disk and append new data without parsing the full dataset again.checked 12 Oct 2026
- License
- GoAccess is MIT licensed.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Log formats
- It supports custom log format strings and predefined formats including Apache, Nginx, Amazon S3, Elastic Load Balancing, and CloudFront.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Notable limit
- The manual says active panels show up to 366 items, or 50 in real-time HTML reports, unless the applicable output supports a higher `--max-items` value.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Outputs
- It displays reports in a terminal and can generate HTML, JSON, or CSV reports.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- GoAccess is an open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer for system administrators.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Real-time updates
- Panels update every 200 milliseconds in the terminal and every second in HTML output.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Requirements
- The only stated core dependency is ncurses; GeoIP, OpenSSL, and zlib are optional build features.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Security monitoring
- GoAccess can help identify suspicious traffic patterns, brute-force attempts, scanners, bots, and anomalous requests in logs.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Session recordings
- Nochecked 23 Sep 2026
- Support
- The site directs users with log format questions to open an issue on GitHub and invite patches, suggestions, and comments.checked 12 Oct 2026
- WebSocket authentication
- The real-time dashboard supports local or external JWT verification and token refresh; authentication requires an OpenSSL-enabled build.checked 12 Oct 2026
Where it runs
- ASN mapping
- ASN mapping can identify malicious traffic patterns, and the `--exclude-asn` option requires a GeoIP2 ASN database.checked 12 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The download page lists installation options for Linux distributions, macOS through Homebrew, Windows through Cygwin, and Docker.checked 12 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 23 Sep 2026
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