Site management software, the focus of this category, refers to the tools that can help a webmaster manage a website after it has been designed and developed.
This might include software that can be used to add things to the site or to modernize portions of it without a complete rewrite. This might include software or scripts designed to add polls, a form, calendar, a monthly newsletter subscription, or a site search. Traffic logging and log analysis software would be appropriate here, as well, along with other analytics software.
Other topics that would fall under the heading of Site Management software would be tools for redesigning a header or website banner, testing to see that a site works well with various types of browsers or mobile devices, checking web error logs, cleaning up old files, or troubleshooting why pages aren't working or why certain things aren't lining up properly. Software designed to be used to check your site for bad links would be on-topic in this category.
There are other categories here for various means of creating or re-creating a full website. This may include Web Editors, Web Design & Development, HTML, Content Management Systems, and others.
Another category - Webmaster Resources - is similar to this one, the difference being that Webmaster Resources is largely for the miscellaneous tools, clipart and other graphics, products, and services that a webmaster might need to put a site together, while this category is restricted to software that is used for maintaining or managing the site after it has been built. In many cases, the difference is whether it is an online service or software.
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The official website of AWStats, an open source web analytic reporting tool that graphically generates advanced web, streaming, FTP, or mail server. The website provides comprehensive information about AWStats, demo/screenshots, features, downloads, documentation/FAQ, comparisons, the AWStats project, and development as well as donation information, and a demo. The website also features AWStats news and security announcements.
https://awstats.sourceforge.io/
The information technology business provides open-source and commercial software and other applications for individuals and businesses, audio streaming services, radio stations, artists, and dedicated servers for gaming, website hosting, databases, email, telecommunications, and chat. Its products include Joomla extensions and WordPress plugins for a variety of purposes, including Google maps integration, StyleSheet maintenance, SEO, and metadata, and site ownership verification.
https://eorisis.com/
Available for PC or Mac systems, HEADMasterSEO is designed to check URLs in bulk for status code, redirect details, response time, response headers, and HTTP header fields, allowing users to analyze, filter, and sort the results in real-time or export to CSV. The free version is capable of checking lists of up to five hundred URLs, and larger URL lists may be checked through one of three paid versions, with prices based on the maximum URL list size. A user guide is included.
https://headmasterseo.com/
Operable on Python 2 systems, LinkChecker is a free, open-source website validator, available under the terms of the GNU General Public License. Intended for webmasters, it is used to check for bad or broken links on web pages. The application supports recursive and multithreaded checking and site crawling and gives output in colored or normal text, HTML, SQL, CSV, XML, or via a sitemap graph in various formats. It includes a GUI client and CGI web interface.
http://wummel.github.io/linkchecker/
Developed by Dotcom-Monitor, the LoadView platform provides a model for load-testing websites, web applications, and APIs, connecting users to load injectors at the touch of a button. The application allows users to build test scripts emulating user interactions, and to test compatibility with more than forty desktop and mobile browsers and devices. The software is available through subscription and on-demand plans, including monthly, annual, or by pay-on-demand.
https://www.loadview-testing.com/
Licensed under GPL, OWA is an open source web analytics software that can be used to track and analyze how people use a website or application. OWA allows website users to add web analytics to their sites through Javascript, PHP, or REST-based APIs and can support WordPress and MediaWiki platforms. Screenshots and support information, as well as a forum, are provided, a demo is available, and the full program may be downloaded for free.
http://www.openwebanalytics.com/
Offering REL Link Checker Lite and Web Link Validator, both designed for webmasters, helping them to check links for accuracy and availability, finding broken links, and links that contain syntactic errors. The free Lite version is only designed to check a small website with new more than a thousand links, while the commercial Web Link Validator product can handle hundreds of thousands of links, including embedded links and those coded with JavaScript and Flash,
http://www.relsoftware.com/
Based in the Czech Republic, with branches in Canada and Germany, Sourcefabric is a non-profit organization that develops open-source software for independent news magazines, its code distributed under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License. Currently, it offers software for workflow management, a live-blogging platform for news professionals, web-based, single-source software for publishing books, manuals, and reports, and an all-in-one package for web radio stations.
https://www.sourcefabric.org/
Statcounter allows website owners to track how their key site metrics are performing over time by comparing page views, sessions, visitors, and new visitors for any date range, as well as monitoring how paid traffic campaigns are performing on ad networks like Google, Bing, Facebook, and Twitter, allowing for the detection of click fraud. Visitor alerts may be also be set, alerting site owners when individuals return. Monthly, quarterly, and yearly plans are available.
https://statcounter.com/
Despite the site name, its only current product is AllSubmitter, described as an all-in-one search engine optimization software tool offering a range of services that include keyword research, rankings, HTML validation, competition analysis, directory submissions, backlink checking, bulk mailings, plagiarism checks, and rewriting tools, as well as facilitating manual submissions to web directories and classified advertising sites. A demo is available, and it is available for purchase online.
http://www.webloganalyzer.biz/
Developing software for webmasters, the company’s products are compatible with Microsoft Windows systems and include Fast Website Link Checker, Fast Website HTML Checker, Fast Website Inspector, Fast Website Spell Checker, WebTweakTools Bundle, and WebTweak Tools Console, each of which are described here, along with the requirements for operation and the ability to make purchases online. Online manuals are available, and an introduction to the company is included.
https://webtweaktools.com/
The open-source search engine library was released under the GPL v2+. Written with C++, with bindings it can be used from Perl, Python 2, Python 3, PHP 5, PHP 7, Java. TCI, C#, Ruby, Lua, Erlang, Node.js, and R. The most recent stable release, old stable release, and other packages and distributions may be downloaded from the site. A history of the program is published, along with its features, documentation, sponsors, and support information. Reported bugs are noted
https://xapian.org/
