CowAxess - GoAccess for Windows

CowAxess is a GoAccess implementation for Windows systems. It is a packaging of GoAccess, Cygwin and many other related tools to make it a complete and ready-to-use solution for real-time web log analysis.

GoAccess is an open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer that runs in a terminal or through your browser. It provides fast and valuable HTTP statistics for system administrators. Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows. It consists of a DLL (Cygwin1.dll), which emulates substantial Linux API functionality, and a collection of tools.

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Installation

Supported platforms: Vista/2008(R2)/7/8/2012(R2)/2016/10/2019

CowAxess comes as a zip archive containing a Nullsoft Installer package, which will extract contents to a directory and create a shorcut (portable mode). Unzip the downloaded file and run the installer :

Click Next at Welcome-page
View license agreement.
Specify an installation location.
Installation starts. By clicking 'Details' button, you can get more detailed information about installation.

You're DONE! CowAxess is installed on your machine.

Uninstallation is no more than removing the directory itself.

Usage

A Bash/Mintty terminal environment can be started via the cowaxess.cmd file at the root of the installation directory.

GoAccess Get Started page is a nice starter. In short:

Terminal output	`goaccess access.log -c`
Static HTML output	`goaccess access.log -o report.html --log-format=COMBINED`
Real-time HTML output	`goaccess access.log -o /var/www/html/report.html --log-format=COMBINED --real-time-html`

GoAccess is very powerful and flexible. Check man page, Github or FAQs for more information.

CowAxess 1.6.0

Release date:

27/11/2021

Changelog

GoAccess 1.5.3
Cygwin 3.3.x (3.3.0(link is external), 3.3.1(link is external), 3.3.2(link is external))

Highlights:

- The internal implementation of pipes has been overhauled; this should result in improved performance. Addresses: https://cygwin.com/pipermail/cygwin/2021-August/249238.html(link is external)

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IMPORTANT DEPRECATION NOTES
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- Cygwin 3.3.0 is the LAST major version supporting

- Windows Vista
- Windows Server 2008

- Cygwin 3.3.0 is the LAST major version supporting 32 bit installations.

component name	component version	component license	component source
GoAccess	1.5.3	GoAccess license (MIT)
Cygwin	3.3.2	Cygwin license (GPL/LGPL)	Source code for Cygwin
CowAxess	1.6.0	Itefix free software license (Simplified BSD)

CowAxess 1.5.0

Release date:

01/09/2021

Changelog

GoAccess 1.5.1
Cygwin 3.2.0

component name	component version	component license	component source
GoAccess	1.5.1	GoAccess license (MIT)
Cygwin	3.2.0	Cygwin license (GPL/LGPL)	Source code for Cygwin
CowAxess	1.5.0	Itefix free software license (Simplified BSD)

CowAxess 1.4.0

Release date:

11/03/2021

Changelog

GoAccess 1.4.6

component name	component version	component license	component source
GoAccess	1.4.6	GoAccess license (MIT)
Cygwin	3.1.7	Cygwin license (GPL/LGPL)	Source code for Cygwin
CowAxess	1.4.0	Itefix free software license (Simplified BSD)

CowAxess 1.3.0

Release date:

31/01/2021

Changelog

GoAccess 1.4.5

component name	component version	component license	component source
GoAccess	1.4.5	GoAccess license (MIT)
Cygwin	3.1.7	Cygwin license (GPL/LGPL)	Source code for Cygwin
CowAxess	1.3.0	Itefix free software license (Simplified BSD)

CowAxess 1.2.0

Release date:

16/12/2020

Changelog

GoAccess 1.4.3
Cygwin 3.1.7
Mintty as console

component name	component version	component license	component source
GoAccess	1.4.3	GoAccess license (MIT)
Cygwin	3.1.7	Cygwin license (GPL/LGPL)	Source code for Cygwin
CowAxess	1.2.0	Itefix free software license (Simplified BSD)

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CowAxess - GoAccess for Windows

Installation

Usage

CowAxess 1.6.0

CowAxess 1.5.0

CowAxess 1.4.0

CowAxess 1.3.0

CowAxess 1.2.0