#42 in Monitoring & ObservabilityUpdated 2026-08

GoAccess

by GoAccess · Open source real-time web log analyser for terminal and browser

26.6 — BenchRank score out of 100

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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 this score is made up

Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.

MCP support: 0 out of 100
Documentation: 0 out of 100
Agent friendliness: 48 out of 100
Changelog: 100 out of 100
Marketing site structure: 40 out of 100
Operational trust: 0 out of 100

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: 60 out of 100
Maintenance: 100 out of 100

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