W3Perl
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| W3Perl | |
|---|---|
| Design by | Laurent Domisse |
| Latest release | 3.02 / Feb 13, 2008 |
| OS | Cross-platform |
| Genre | Web analytics |
| License | GNU General Public License |
| Website | www.w3perl.com/softs/ |
W3Perl is a free logfile analyser, which can parse Web/FTP/Mail or Squid files. 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" is also supported if you do not have logfiles access. Output are spread over html pages, with graphics and sortable table. Stats can be run from a single command line or from a web browser.
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[edit] Features
Essential features like hosts, pages, scripts, countries, filetype, traffic, hourly, daily, weekly, monthly , referer, user agent, error are available along with other specific W3Perl stats like real-time and session stats.
[edit] Administration
W3Perl have an administration interface which allow building configuration files from a web interface. You can also manage your configuration files, update the package, run the scripts and see stats output.
[edit] Cross-platform availability
Written in Perl, W3Perl can be installed on any operating system supporting Perl. So it can be installed on Unix/Windows or Macintosh server. Windows users have a specific installer thanks to NSIS.
[edit] Licensing
W3Perl is licensed under the GNU GPL.
[edit] Security considerations
Running the scripts from the administration interface should be restricted with login/password. Blocking referrer spam have been added in the latest version but as it is based on a blacklist, the file must be updated regularly. Real-time stats can only run once to prevent someone to overload the server.
[edit] Alternatives
There are several other free package available.
- Analog (program) is written in C and so is really fast but it lacks some important features like session stats.
- AWStats is widely used and very powerful but still lacks some W3Perl features.
- phpMyVisites is a set of PHP scripts with a MySql database.
- Webalizer is offered by many ISPs as it is fast and simple. The package hasn't had any updates since 2002.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- W3Perl official web site includes documentation, news, software download and community support forums.
