Webalizer
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Webalizer, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Webalizer's own pricing page, checked 5 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Webalizer | Free | Free web server log analysis program · GPL-licensed |
The facts
Each one read from Webalizer's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Compressed logs
- It can read gzip and bzip2 compressed logs directly without first uncompressing them.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Dependencies
- Compiling requires GD and its zlib and PNG libraries; Berkeley DB is optional for DNS and native geolocation, and bzip2 is optional for bzip2 log support.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Distribution
- The maker provides source distributions and lists Linux ELF x86 and Solaris 2.8 Sparc binary distributions; the Solaris build is marked very out of date.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Implementation
- It is written in C, and the maker describes it as fast and highly portable.checked 5 Oct 2026
- IP and geolocation
- It supports IPv4 and IPv6 and includes distributed DNS lookup and native geolocation services.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Languages
- The maker lists language support including English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish, among multiple other languages.checked 5 Oct 2026
- License
- Webalizer is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later at the recipient's option.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Log formats
- It handles Common Log Format, variations of NCSA Combined, wu-ftpd/proftpd xferlog, Squid proxy, and W3C Extended logs.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Log processing
- It supports unlimited log file sizes and partial logs, and its FAQ describes incremental processing for rotated logs.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Metric caveat
- The maker cautions that visit and entry/exit page figures are rough estimates because they assume one IP address represents one user.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Webalizer analyzes web server log files and produces configurable HTML usage reports for viewing in a standard web browser.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Report configuration
- Reports can be configured from the command line or with one or more configuration files.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Report metrics
- Its reports define metrics such as hits, files, sites, visits, pages, referrers, search strings, user agents, entry and exit pages, and countries.checked 5 Oct 2026
- Support
- The maker directs users to documentation, installation instructions, FAQs, and a user support newsgroup, and says email responses may not be timely.checked 5 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 19 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The copyright notice names Bradford L. Barrett as the program's copyright holder for 1997–2008.checked 5 Oct 2026
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