Nothing to install on your site
No tracking script, no cookie, no banner to add. Your server already writes everything down — SitSta just reads it.
Public beta
Version 0.1 · macOS 14+
Your server logs,
finally readable.
SitSta fetches the access logs of your websites, parses every line and lets you explore your real traffic — right on your Mac, without a single tracking script.
App tour
Everything your logs have to say
Real screenshots of the beta, on sample data.
Your traffic at a glance
Requests, unique visitors, server error rate and bandwidth — over 24 h, 7 days, 30 days or all time, with or without robots.
- Requests & unique visitors (IP)
- HTTP statuses 2xx → 5xx
- Bandwidth per day
Who visits your site
Humans vs robots, browsers, operating systems, HTTP methods and a heatmap of your peak hours.
- Robots vs humans
- Browsers & systems
- Peak hours heatmap
What people come for
Most requested pages, files that eat the most bandwidth and the sites sending you visitors.
- Top pages
- Heaviest files
- Referring sites
Spot problems and attacks
404 pages, server error rate with a warning threshold, the most active IPs and scan attempts on /wp-login.php, /.env or /.git/config.
- Not found (404)
- 5xx error rate
- Scan attempts & busy IPs
Every request, line by line
Browse the imported lines in a table and filter them by IP address or date range.
- Date, IP, method, path, status, size, agent
- Filter by IP or dates
Know exactly what was imported
Each file, each site: lines saved, lines skipped and clear messages when something goes wrong. Rotated .gz logs and .zip archives are imported too.
- Lines saved & skipped
- .gz and .zip supported
- Clear error messages
Why server logs?
The most honest source of truth about your site
Your server already records every single request. SitSta turns that raw text into something you can actually read.
Every request counts
Logs see what JavaScript analytics miss: visitors with blockers, bots and crawlers, 404s, 500s, scanners probing for /wp-login.php.
Your data stays home
Logs are fetched straight from your servers to your Mac. No third-party analytics service ever sees your traffic.
How it works
From raw logs to insight in four steps
- 01
Add an account
A password or a certificate, safely stored in the macOS Keychain.
- 02
Declare your sites
Local folder, SSH, FTP or HTTP — and the log files to pick up for each site.
- 03
Pick a parser
Apache/nginx combined, vhost_combined, Common Log Format… or your own regex.
- 04
Import & explore
One click imports the logs of all your sites. Filter, search and dig into every line.
Parser playground
Try it: turn a log line into fields
Pick a format, or edit the regex yourself. Just like in SitSta, named groups are detected as you type.
Recognized groups
Missing groups
Features
Built for people who run their own sites
Four ways to connect
Read logs from a local folder, or fetch them over SSH, FTP or HTTP.
Keychain credentials
Passwords and certificates live in the macOS Keychain, never in plain text.
Ready-made parsers
Apache/nginx combined, vhost_combined, Common Log Format and “behind a proxy” with X-Forwarded-For.
Your own formats
Write a regex with named groups: SitSta tells you right away which fields it recognized and which are missing.
File patterns
Choose precisely which log files to take into account for each site.
Import journal
Every import is logged: lines saved, lines skipped, what went wrong. .gz and .zip files are supported.
Statistics & charts
Requests, unique visitors, statuses, bandwidth, audience, top pages, 404s and scan attempts — over 24 h, 7 days, 30 days or all time.
Native & local
A SwiftUI app with a native sidebar, inspector and toolbar. Your data is stored on your Mac.
Beta
Where SitSta stands today
SitSta is in beta: the foundations are there, and the best part is coming. Tell us what you'd like to see!
Send feedbackAvailable now
- Sites, accounts & parsers
- Local, SSH, FTP & HTTP sources
- Statistics, audience, content & security
- .gz and .zip logs, import journal
Coming next
- .xz compressed logs
- Your ideas — tell us!
Questions
Good to know
What is SitSta exactly?
A macOS app that reads the access logs written by your web servers (Apache, nginx…), parses each line and lets you explore your traffic — without adding anything to your website.
Is it really in beta?
Yes. SitSta is in active development. Importing logs, statistics (audience, content, errors & security) and the raw-line explorer already work; things may still change. Your feedback is very welcome!
Where are my credentials and my logs stored?
Passwords and certificates are stored in the macOS Keychain. Imported log lines are stored locally on your Mac. Nothing is sent to a third-party service.
My server uses a custom log format. Can SitSta read it?
Yes — create a parser with your own regular expression using named groups (ip, time, method, path, status…). SitSta shows which groups it recognized and which are missing.
Which macOS version do I need?
SitSta requires macOS 14 Sonoma or later.