W3Perl

W3Perl
Original author(s)	Laurent Domisse
Stable release	3.20 / June 30, 2015; 9 years ago
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Web analytics
License	GNU General Public License
Website	www.w3perl.com

W3Perl is a free software logfile analyser, which can parse Web/FTP/Mail/CUPS/DHCP/SSH and Squid logfiles.^[1]^[2] Most major web logfile formats are supported (Web : CLF/ECLF/NECLF on Unix, IIS/W3C on Microsoft; Mail : Postfix/Sendmail/Exim), as well as split/compressed files. "Page tagging" and counter are also supported if you do not have logfiles access. The output is spread over HTML pages, with graphics and a sortable table. Stats can be run from a single command line or from a web browser.

Features

Essential features like hosts, pages, scripts, countries, filetype, traffic, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, referrer, user agent, and error are available along with other specific W3Perl stats like real-time and session stats.

Administration

W3Perl has an administration interface which allows building configuration files from a web interface. One can also manage configuration files, package updates, run scripts, and see stats output.

Cross-platform availability

Written in Perl, W3Perl can be installed on any operating system that supports Perl. As such, it can be installed on Unix, Windows or Mac OS X. An installer is available for Windows and Mac OS X.

Licensing

W3Perl is licensed under the GNU GPL.^[3]^[4]

Security considerations

Running the scripts from the administration interface should be restricted with login/password. Blocking referrer spam have been added but as it is based on a blacklist, the file must be updated regularly. Real-time stats can only run once to prevent overloading the server.

Alternatives

There are other free tools:

Analog is written in C (and therefore very fast) but it lacks some features like session statistics.
AWStats has a large user base, is very powerful but still lacks some of the features of W3Perl.
Piwik is a set of scripts in PHP using a Mysql database.

References

^ "W3Perl Alternatives". alternativeto.net. Retrieved 2022-07-17.
^ "W3Perl in 2022 - Reviews, Features, Pricing, Comparison". PAT RESEARCH: B2B Reviews, Buying Guides & Best Practices. 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-07-18.
^ "Welche Alternativen gibt es zu Google Analytics?". www.bigdata-insider.de (in German). 19 March 2018.
^ "W3perl - Free Software Directory". directory.fsf.org.

External links

Official website

[1] "W3Perl Alternatives". alternativeto.net. Retrieved 2022-07-17.

[2] "W3Perl in 2022 - Reviews, Features, Pricing, Comparison". PAT RESEARCH: B2B Reviews, Buying Guides & Best Practices. 2022-06-04. Retrieved 2022-07-18.

[3] "Welche Alternativen gibt es zu Google Analytics?". www.bigdata-insider.de (in German). 19 March 2018.

[4] "W3perl - Free Software Directory". directory.fsf.org.

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