Webalizer

Windows · Mac · Linux · Self-hosted

Freedom report

Three barsScore 6.2

Free tierA free tier is on its own pricing page
Open codeNo open-source code on record
Runs widely3 of 6 device platforms
DocumentedPlans, terms and facts published

Webalizer is ranked #63 of 141 in web analytics tools on Freedom251. It runs on Linux, macOS, Self-hosted, Windows. There is a free plan.

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Webalizer Free Free web server log analysis program · GPL-licensed webalizer.net · 5 Oct 2026

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The record

Purpose: Webalizer analyzes web server log files and produces configurable HTML usage reports for viewing in a standard web browser.
Implementation: It is written in C, and the maker describes it as fast and highly portable.
Log formats: It handles Common Log Format, variations of NCSA Combined, wu-ftpd/proftpd xferlog, Squid proxy, and W3C Extended logs.
Compressed logs: It can read gzip and bzip2 compressed logs directly without first uncompressing them.
Report configuration: Reports can be configured from the command line or with one or more configuration files.
Languages: The maker lists language support including English, French, German, Japanese, and Spanish, among multiple other languages.
Log processing: It supports unlimited log file sizes and partial logs, and its FAQ describes incremental processing for rotated logs.
IP and geolocation: It supports IPv4 and IPv6 and includes distributed DNS lookup and native geolocation services.
Report metrics: Its reports define metrics such as hits, files, sites, visits, pages, referrers, search strings, user agents, entry and exit pages, and countries.
Metric caveat: The maker cautions that visit and entry/exit page figures are rough estimates because they assume one IP address represents one user.
Distribution: The maker provides source distributions and lists Linux ELF x86 and Solaris 2.8 Sparc binary distributions; the Solaris build is marked very out of date.
Dependencies: Compiling requires GD and its zlib and PNG libraries; Berkeley DB is optional for DNS and native geolocation, and bzip2 is optional for bzip2 log support.
Support: The maker directs users to documentation, installation instructions, FAQs, and a user support newsgroup, and says email responses may not be timely.
License: Webalizer is distributed under the GNU General Public License, version 2 or later at the recipient's option.
Price from: Free

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Best Web Analytics Tools in 2026#63 of 141

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webalizer.net· checked 5 Oct 2026
webalizer.net/faq.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
webalizer.net/webalizer_help.html· checked 5 Oct 2026
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