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goaccess vs MultiPost-Extension
goaccess has 20,930 GitHub stars, 1,193 forks, 449 open issues and last shipped 2 days ago. MultiPost-Extension has 3,478 stars, 405 forks, 17 open issues and last shipped 4 days ago. goaccess leads on adoption by 502% (20,930 vs 3,478 stars). goaccess is written in C under MIT; MultiPost-Extension is written in TypeScript under Apache-2.0. goaccess has attracted 6% as many forks as stars, MultiPost-Extension 12%. goaccess 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 | MultiPost-Extension | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 3.5K |
| License | MIT | Apache-2.0 |
| Written in | C | TypeScript |
| Last push | 2026-09-16 | 2026-09-14 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.2K | ⑂ 405 |
| 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 MultiPost-Extension if
- You want the MultiPost-Extension feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the Apache-2.0 license terms
- Your stack matches TypeScript
- You evaluated both and MultiPost-Extension 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 MultiPost-Extension
MultiPost Extension is a browser extension written in TypeScript and released under the Apache 2.0 license. It helps users publish content to multiple social media platforms with one click, and it is categorized as business software for marketing and customer engagement. The project lives in the browser extension ecosystem, where it connects a user's browser workflow with social media publishing tasks.
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Frequently asked questions
Is goaccess or MultiPost-Extension more popular?
goaccess has 20,930 GitHub stars and MultiPost-Extension has 3,478. goaccess has the larger community by that measure.
Are goaccess and MultiPost-Extension free?
Both are open source. goaccess is licensed under MIT and MultiPost-Extension under Apache-2.0. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between goaccess and MultiPost-Extension?
goaccess is written in C and MultiPost-Extension 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 MultiPost-Extension?
Choose goaccess if you want the larger community (20,930 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose MultiPost-Extension if its feature set, stack or Apache-2.0 licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.