Updated August 2026
    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
    21k

    GoAccess: Maintenance, Licence and Alternatives

    Real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal.

    TL;DR • GoAccess • as of August 2026

    GoAccess is an open-source analytics project, with 21k GitHub stars and a health score of 65/100. It committed 107 times in the last twelve months across 9 of those months, and its status is actively maintained. Licence: GPL-2.0. It has real momentum, so treat it as a live competitor rather than a stale repository.

    21k
    GitHub stars
    65/100
    Health score
    107
    Commits (12 mo)
    9/12
    Active months

    Maintenance health

    Status Actively maintained — Committed within the last 45 days.
    Last commit 2026-08-05
    Days since last commit 12
    Commits, last 3 months 24
    Commits, last 12 months 107
    Months with activity 9 of 12
    Last release None detected
    Archived No
    Licence GPL-2.0
    Category Analytics

    Health score combines commit recency, twelve-month commit volume, months with activity, release recency and archive state. Metadata refreshed August 2026.

    What the licence lets you do

    GPL-2.0

    Copyleft (GPL, AGPL, MPL): derivative work must stay open. AGPL also covers software offered over a network, which blocks most closed SaaS wrappers.

    This matters most when you plan to sell a hosted version. A permissive licence means anyone — including a competitor with more capital — can do the same, so your defensibility has to come from distribution, support or data, not from the code.

    What GoAccess means for your idea

    Crowded · 63/100
    Analytics category →

    GoAccess is shipping code consistently, so a buyer comparing your product will find a maintained free option. Price and position against the total cost of self-hosting it, not against the paid incumbent's list price.

    Assume every prospect can find a free version in five minutes. Your wedge has to be something open source structurally cannot deliver: compliance, support SLAs, managed hosting at scale, or a workflow the maintainers refuse to build.

    GoAccess: common questions

    Is GoAccess still maintained in 2026?

    Actively maintained. GoAccess recorded 107 commits over the last twelve months, with activity in 9 of those months and 24 commits in the last quarter. Last commit: 2026-08-05. No recent release was detected. Committed within the last 45 days.

    Can I use GoAccess commercially?

    GoAccess is published under GPL-2.0. Copyleft (GPL, AGPL, MPL): derivative work must stay open. AGPL also covers software offered over a network, which blocks most closed SaaS wrappers.

    How crowded is the Analytics category?

    38 open-source implementations, 18 of them actively maintained, led by Superset at 74k stars. Saturation score 63/100 — Crowded. Free, maintained alternatives already dominate this category.

    GoAccess alternatives in Analytics

    Superset

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    Real momentum
    Apache-2.0

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    Easy way for everyone in your company to ask questions and learn from data.

    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
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    Umami

    Alternative to Web analytics

    38k

    Simple, fast, privacy-focused alternative to Google Analytics.

    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
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    PostHog

    Alternative to Amplitude, MixPanel, Product analytics

    38k

    Product analytics, session recording, feature flagging and a/b testing that you can self-host (alternative to Mixpanel, Amplitude, Heap, HotJar, Optimizely).

    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
    MIT

    Postiz

    Alternative to Buffer, Hootsuite

    35k

    Schedule posts, track the performance of your content, and manage all your social media accounts in one place (Alternative to Buffer, Hootsuite, Sprout Social).

    Actively maintained
    Real momentum
    AGPL-3.0

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