goaccess
GoAccess is a real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal in *nix systems or through your browser.
How to install goaccess
brew install goaccess goaccess use case
Real-time web log analysis and interactive monitoring for HTTP traffic, server performance, and anomaly detection directly from terminal or browser.
When to use goaccess
- Quickly analyze Apache or Nginx access logs in real time without setting up a complex analytics pipeline
- Monitor live web traffic and detect spikes, errors, or security incidents while troubleshooting server issues
- Generate on-the-fly HTML dashboards for sharing with team members or for GDPR-compliant local log analysis
When not to use goaccess
- When you need long-term historical log storage or deep correlation across multiple log sources (use ELK stack instead)
- For parsing non-web server logs (e.g., application logs, system logs) or logs in custom formats not supported by GoAccess
goaccess features
- · Completely real-time processing with 200 ms terminal updates and 1 second HTML updates
- · Minimal configuration required – run directly against access log files
- · Supports multiple web server log formats including Apache, Nginx, Caddy, and Amazon S3
- · Interactive terminal UI (ncurses) and live HTML dashboard export options
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