ApacheTail

bitser.org · checked 12 Oct 2026

#65 · Log Management Software

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How it plugs in

NoPublic API

NoOpen source

YesFree tier

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ApacheTail monitors Linux Apache web server logs in real time from a Windows desktop and displays statistics in a dashboard.

Pricing

FreeBeta; one desktop instance at a time; supports Linux server logsFree

As bitser.org lists them, checked 12 Oct 2026.

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Facts

Website: bitser.org
Price: Free tier
Free trial: Not stated
Compatibility: The maker says ApacheTail does not support Windows Apache servers and requires a supported Apache log format.
Connection: ApacheTail connects to the Linux server over SSH using PuTTY and runs the tail command on specified logs.
Credential handling: The configured password is not saved and is sent only after the SSH connection is established.
Filtering: Users can include or exclude logs by text filters, and filtered logs are not displayed or added to the database.
Live log tailing: Yes
Log analysis: It reports visitor IP addresses, browsers, operating systems, status codes, page requests, referrers, and combined statistics over time.
Log pipelines: Yes
Multiple sites: Users can monitor multiple Apache log paths on one server, including logs for multiple virtual hosts.
Other logs: It can tail other Linux logs, including logs followed with journalctl, in a combined real-time view.
Portable and signed: The maker describes ApacheTail as portable and says its executable is digitally signed with a Symantec certificate.
Requirements: The server account needs read access to the logs, SSH access must be allowed, and the server's SSH port must be reachable.
Storage: Parsed logs are stored in a local SQLite database.

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