'''Open Web Analytics (OWA)''' is an [[open source]] [[web analytics]] software created by Peter Adams. '''OWA''' is written in [[PHP]] and uses a [[MySQL]] database, which makes it compatible to run with an [[List of AMP packages|AMP]] [[solution stack]] on various [[web server|web servers]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Open Web Analytics|url=http://www.openwebanalytics.com/|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> '''OWA''' is comparable to [[Google Analytics]], though '''OWA''' is a server software one can install and run, while Google Analytics is a [[Software as a service|software service]] offered by [[Google]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Comparison|url=http://www.openwebanalytics.com/?page_id=158|work=Open Web Analytics|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref> '''OWA''' supports tracking with [[WordPress]] and [[MediaWiki]], two popular web site frameworks.<ref>{{cite web|title=About|url=http://www.openwebanalytics.com/?page_id=2|work=Open Web Analytics|accessdate=16 February 2012}}</ref>
