Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

Reinvigorate Snoop is a real-time tracking tool for your website which is running in the System Tray (Windows) / System Status Bar (Mac) you no longer need to endlessly flip between your work and stats. When something happens, Snoop will let you know. Snoop will run on any website or blogging platform that allows JavaScript. Simply insert the tracking snippet on any page you want tracked and we take care of the rest. You can assign different events with different sounds, e.g. new visitors, comments and donation,etc. You’ll know the instant someone makes a comment on your website, visits your website, make a donation, etc..

Requirements: Internet Explorer 5+, Firefox 1.0+, Opera 8+, Safari
Demo: http://report.reinvigorate.net/snoop
License: License Free

StatCounter is a free and highly configureable web tracker and real-time detailed web stats. Insert a simple piece of their code on your web page, you will be able to analyse and monitor all the visitors to your website immediately.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.statcounter.com
License: License Free

SlimStat is an extensible web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, browsers versions, platforms and searches can all be taken in at a glance. It is similar to Mint, but SlimStat is completely free for everyone. SlimStat also has the following features.

• Drill-down and filter data in any way you choose
• Shows visits and unique IPs, not just hits
• Option to hide visits from search engine crawlers
• Allows you to ignore specified IP address ranges
• Attempts to filter out spam
• Contains several security fixes

Requirements: Any Servers with PHP and Mysql Database Support
Demo: http://wettone.com/code/slimstat#screenshots
License: GPL License

Google Analytics track and compare all your ads, email newsletters, affiliate campaigns, referrals, paid links, and keywords on Google and other search engines. Use Google Analytics to learn which online marketing initiatives are cost effective and see how visitors actually interact with your site. Make informed site design improvements, drive targeted traffic, and increase your conversions and profits. It also tells you how much visitors you have got every day. It is very useful and easy to use.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.google.com/analytics
License: License Free