- W3Perl
Infobox Software
name = W3Perl
caption =
author = [http://www.w3perl.com/domisse/ Laurent Domisse]
developer =
latest_release_version = [http://www.w3perl.com/download/ 3.03]
latest_release_date =Jun 26 ,2008
latest_preview_version =
latest_preview_date =
operating_system =Cross-platform
genre =Web analytics
license = GNU General Public License
website = [http://www.w3perl.com/softs/ www.w3perl.com/softs/]W3Perl is a free logfile analyser, which canparse Web/FTP/Mail or Squid files. Most major web logfile formats aresupported (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 overhtml pages, with graphics and sortable table. Stats can be run from a single command line or from aweb browser.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.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.
Cross-platform availability
Written in
Perl , W3Perl can be installed on anyoperating system supporting Perl. So it can be installed on Unix/Windows orMacintosh server. Windows users have a specific installer thanks toNSIS .Licensing
W3Perl is licensed under the
GNU GPL.Security considerations
Running the scripts from the administration interface should be restricted with login/password. Blocking
referrer spam have beenadded 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.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 aMySql database.
*Webalizer is offered by many ISPs as it is fast and simple.See also
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Web analytics
*Web log analysis software
*Server log
*Data logging References
* [http://www.w3perl.com/demo/ Demo]
External links
* [http://www.w3perl.com/softs/ W3Perl official web site] includes documentation, news, software download and community support forums.
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