# Install analog with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts, Nix Logfile analyzer. Version 6.0.18 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:analog ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install analog ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install analog ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: www/analog/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install analog ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: analog from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#analog ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/an/analog/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:analog - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 6.0.18 - **Source summary:** Logfile analyzer - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-only - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - analog (cli) - analog (alias) ## Dependencies - gd - jpeg-turbo - libpng - minizip - pcre2 ## Uses from macOS - bzip2 ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 6.0.18 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://github.com/c-amie/analog-ce - Upstream latest detected: 6.0.18 (current) - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. ## Project history and usage Analog CE is the community-maintained continuation of Stephen Turner's Analog web-server logfile analyzer. The upstream CE README describes the Git repository as the official maintenance project for Turner's original parser. ### Project history The bundled manpage identifies Analog as Stephen R. E. Turner's web server logfile analyzer, copyrighted 1995-2004, with version 6.0 dated 19 December 2004. It describes the program as fast log analysis software that produces attractive statistics and is usually configured through a configuration file rather than command-line options. Analog CE was created after Turner stopped maintaining the original project. The CE maintainer states that CE is a maintenance release: newer binaries, updated browser and operating-system detection, XML output bug fixes, link privacy improvements, and a small number of optimizations, while preserving the fundamental functionality. ### Adoption history Analog's original adoption came from the classic web-hosting era, when static reports over Apache and other server logs were a normal way to understand traffic. CE's adoption is more preservation-and-maintenance oriented: it keeps old workflows working while refreshing recognition of newer clients. The supplied package facts show Analog packaged by Homebrew, Debian, MacPorts, Nix, and Ubuntu. That long tail is typical for mature Unix tools: even after the center of web analytics moved elsewhere, distributions kept the analyzer available for users with historical logs, simple reporting needs, or scripts built around its output. ### How it is used The `analog` executable analyzes one or more log files and can emit reports in formats such as HTML or plain text. The manpage documents a large option surface but says normal use is through configuration files. CE is especially relevant when users need better detection of newer operating systems and web browsers, XML formatting fixes, or public statistics pages with improved link privacy. ### Why package nerds care Analog CE is a package-maintainer story about keeping a classic C-era web tool alive after upstream maintenance stopped. The value is compatibility: old config files, reports, and automation continue to work while the recognition database is refreshed. For package nerds, it also illustrates why 'dead' tools remain in distributions. Log formats, cron jobs, and static reports can outlive the popularity cycle of web analytics products by decades. ### Timeline - 1995: Analog copyright period begins according to the bundled manpage. - 2004: Analog 6.0 manpage dated 19 December 2004. - 2019: Analog CE GitHub repository created. - Current CE README: maintainer describes CE as a maintenance release after Stephen Turner stopped maintaining Analog. ### Related projects - Stephen Turner's original Analog: the upstream project that CE maintains. - Report Magic: referenced by CE guides for report presentation workflows. - Web server access logs: the data source Analog was designed to analyze. ### Sources - - - - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes narrow executable package without higher-risk signals. - **Geiger risk:** green / low - narrow executable package without higher-risk signals ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** analog - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - analog - 2:6.0.17-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: analog from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | web server log analyzer | https://www.c-amie.co.uk/software/analog - Nix - analog: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/an/analog/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - analog - 2:6.0.17-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: analog from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | web server log analyzer | https://www.c-amie.co.uk/software/analog - MacPorts - analog: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: www/analog/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ## Related links - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Text processing packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/text-processing-tools/) - Matched text, document, or structured-data processing metadata. - [Developer build packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/developer-build-tools/) - Matched build, compiler, generator, or developer workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [gd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gd/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [jpeg-turbo](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/jpeg-turbo/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libpng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpng/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pcre2](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pcre2/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [angle-grinder](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/angle-grinder/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, developer-tools, logs, observability. - [alp](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/alp/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, logs, observability. - [grafana](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grafana/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: analytics, cli, developer-tools, observability. - [grafana-alloy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grafana-alloy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, logs, observability. - [humanlog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/humanlog/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, logs, observability. - [stern](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/stern/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, logs, observability. - [codeburn](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/codeburn/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, observability. - [grafanactl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/grafanactl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, developer-tools, observability. - [logstalgia](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/logstalgia/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, libpng, logs. - [wxwidgets](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/wxwidgets/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, developer, developer-tools, jpeg, jpeg-turbo. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/analog.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/analog.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated package history - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph