Open Source Resources for Web Application Developers

MochiBot is a Flash traffic monitoring tool that tracks the performance of individual Flash content files (SWFs) no matter where they end up on the web. If your SWF is on 5 different servers, then MochiBot will count the number of views that SWF got for all 5 servers. You simply copy and paste a few lines of ActionScript from MochiBot into your Flash file (FLA), and publish the SWF. Every time your Flash content is played, MochiBot sends a signal to our servers indicating where it is and that it’s being played.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.mochibot.com/my/dashboard.html
License: License Free

FoldSpy is a tool for finding out the actual dimensions of your visitor’s browser window. It gives you access to this data and presents it in completely new way, the data from FoldSpy is overlayed on your site. FoldSpy is most useful for people who need real data to make important layout decisions. It can answer questions like “where do I put this ad if I want 85% of my visitors to see it without scrolling?” Now, you can find the answer in seconds and because the FoldSpy data is displayed in-place, on your site, the answer can be viewed in a way that’s most useful.

Requirements: Modern Browsers with Javascript Enabled
Demo: http://www.foldspy.com/overview/
License: License Free

Site Meter is a comprehensive real time website tracking and counter tools give you instant access to vital information and data about your sites audience. With the detailed reporting you’ll have a clear picture of who is visiting your site, how they found you, where they came from, what interests them and much more.

Requirements: No Requirements
Demo: http://www.sitemeter.com/?a=samplestats&HELP=ON
License: License Free

Do you want to get a heatmap of where your visitors are clicking and enhance your website’s result? Now you can install it on your own server without paying a penny. ClickHeat is a visual heatmap of clicks on a HTML page, showing hot and cold click zones. You are free to download it and start visualize your visitors in order to find out which design encourages visitors to click deeper.

Requirements: Firefox 1.5+, Internet Explorer 6+, Konqueror
Demo: http://www.labsmedia.com/clickheat/index.php (Username:demo Password:demo)
License: GPL License

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