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goaccess vs Erxes
goaccess has 20,930 GitHub stars, 1,193 forks, 449 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. Erxes has 4,079 stars, 1,306 forks, 657 open issues and last shipped yesterday. goaccess leads on adoption by 413% (20,930 vs 4,079 stars). goaccess is written in C under MIT; Erxes is written in TypeScript under a custom or non-standard licence. goaccess has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, Erxes 32%. Erxes was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| goaccess | Erxes | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 4.1K |
| License | MIT | Custom / other |
| Written in | C | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-17 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.2K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick goaccess if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick Erxes if
- You want the Erxes feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Custom / other license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and Erxes fits your workflow better
About goaccess
GoAccess is an open source, real time web log analyzer and interactive viewer written in C and released under the MIT license. It parses web server logs and renders the results either in a terminal on nix systems or through a browser, updating every panel and metric every 200 milliseconds in the terminal output and every second in the HTML output. The project has been developed for roughly thirteen years and lives in the nix command line ecosystem, with a cluster of topics around analytics, Apache, Caddy, dashboards, and command line tooling.
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About Erxes
Erxes is an open source growth platform for customer centric teams, positioned as an Experience Operating System, or XOS, within the Business Software / Marketing & Customer Engagement ecosystem. It is described as a secure, self hosted, scalable, and source available experience management infrastructure for SaaS providers, digital marketing agencies, and developers.
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Frequently asked questions
Is goaccess or Erxes more popular?
goaccess has 20,930 GitHub stars and Erxes has 4,079. goaccess has the larger community by that measure.
Are goaccess and Erxes free?
Both are open source. goaccess is licensed under MIT, and Erxes has no licence declared in this registry. Both are free to self-host.
What is the difference between goaccess and Erxes?
goaccess is written in C and Erxes in TypeScript. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, goaccess or Erxes?
Choose goaccess if you want the larger community (20,930 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose Erxes if its feature set, stack or Custom / other licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.