AlbionOnline Statistics Analysis reads the game log, not the screen

A companion app for one specific game, built on network traffic

AlbionOnline Statistics Analysis is a desktop tool written in C# for a single game. The README describes it as a way to read auction house data with a loot logger, damage meter, dungeon tracker, dungeon entry timer, crafting calculator, map history and player information, all in one application.

The mechanism matters more than the feature list. The tool does not read pixels off the screen and it does not sit as an overlay on the game. It captures the network traffic between the game client and the server and interprets the protocol, which is why the FAQ has a specific answer for GeForce Now, no, it is not technically possible, since in that setup the traffic never passes through the local machine.

The repository is a .NET project with a src directory, a docs folder, a build-installer.bat script, and a GitHub Actions workflow for build and unit tests. It is a single developer project that has existed since June 2019, and the README is candid about the effort behind it, roughly ten hours a week by the author's own account, funded by Patreon and PayPal donations rather than by a company.

Socket tracking or Npcap, and the trade-off each one makes

There are two ways the tool attaches to the traffic, and choosing between them is the first decision a user has to make.

The socket variant needs the tool to be started as an administrator, and the README says the tool only needs that for it to work fully. The Npcap variant reverses the arrangement: Npcap must be installed, but the tool must no longer be started as administrator. The README points to npcap.com and notes that the latest version should normally work.

Npcap also opens a door the socket path does not. A filtering option is available for VPN users, allowing IP and port filtering, and the FAQ confirms that VPN or ExitLag can generally be used if you are on Npcap tracking.

That is the practical split. If you play behind a VPN or a latency tuner, Npcap with the filter is the workable configuration. If you do not, the socket route avoids installing a packet capture driver at the cost of running the tool with administrator rights.

Windows 10 and the .NET 10 desktop runtime are hard requirements

The prerequisites are short and strict. You need Windows 10 or higher, and the .NET 10.0 Desktop Runtime at version 10.0.0 or higher, with the download link pointing at the Microsoft .NET 10 page. The FAQ narrows the operating system requirement further, listing Windows 10 build 10.0.19041.0 and later as supported, and stating plainly that Windows XP, Vista, 7 and 8 are not supported.

The same FAQ is equally firm about the other two platforms. Linux is currently not supported, and Mac is currently not supported. There is no cross platform build, and the release artifacts are Windows executables.

The tool is distributed as a zip that you unpack and run. The README puts it as a single instruction:

Unzip the `.zip` file and start `StatisticsAnalysisTool.exe` with a double click. You may not be able to see the `.exe`. Don't worry, usually it's the file with the icon.  

The download link in the README points at a specific v9.1.2 windows-x64 executable, while the releases page is the place to get the current build, and v10.0.4 is the most recent release.

What the feature set actually covers for a player

The tool is a bundle of eight or so separate utilities, and the README lists them without embellishment. The loot logger records what you pick up. The damage meter turns your combat into numbers, and the topic tags on the repository confirm the intent with both dps-meter and damage-meter. The dungeon tracker records where you have been, and there is a separate dungeon entry timer for how long a run took.

The auction house side lets you read auction data, and the map history keeps a record of where you have gathered. The crafting calculator handles the item economics side, and there is a player information lookup.

Some of these are only partly usable outside a running game. The FAQ says the tool can be used even if the game is not started, but not all features are available in that state, and it explains why: the game server has to be set from automatic to one of your choice in the settings, otherwise the tool does not know which server to load data for. That is a data-source problem, not a UI problem, and it explains the shape of the offline experience.

The permission question, answered in the project's own terms

Any tool that reads game traffic raises a fair question about whether it interferes with the game, and the README has a section devoted to it, titled Is This Allowed, with links to the Albion Online forum debate and to a later clarifying thread.

The claims listed there are worth reading as claims rather than as verified facts, since the README is the project speaking about its own behaviour. It states that the tool only monitors, that it does not modify the game client, that it does not track players outside the player's own view, and that it has no overlay on the game.

Those four points describe a read-only observer of your own session, which is the category a loot logger and a personal DPS meter belong to. A tool that injects into the client, draws on top of it, or follows other players would be a different category entirely.

The answer to the question also depends on the rules of the game itself, and the repository points to the forum threads rather than claiming permission. That distinction is worth keeping in mind for any similar tool: what a project asserts about itself and what a publisher permits are two different questions.

Release cadence, GPL-3.0 and the cost of staying current

The maintenance picture is good, and it is worth being precise about why. The repository is not archived, and the last push was on 2026-10-12. Release v10.0.4 was published the same day, with the note Fixed event codes, and before that v10.0.3 on 2026-09-22 and v10.0.2 on 2026-09-06, the latter titled App Automation, Fixes and minor improvement.

The title of v10.0.4 is the interesting one. A tool that interprets a game protocol depends on that protocol not changing under it, and event codes are exactly the kind of thing that shifts when the game updates. That is the recurring maintenance cost of this class of software: not the code you can read, but the live service on the other end of the socket.

The licence is GPL-3.0, with the LICENSE file at the repository root. For a private desktop tool that you download and run, that has little practical effect on you, and it is not legal advice. What it does do is constrain redistribution, so anyone thinking of bundling the tool with something else should read the file rather than assume a permissive licence.

Editorial conclusion

AlbionOnline Statistics Analysis is worth adopting for a Windows 10 or 11 player who wants a private loot log, an accurate damage meter and an auction history, and who is willing to install Npcap and accept that the data is gathered from their own machine. It is the wrong tool for a Linux or Mac user, for a GeForce Now session, and for anyone who needs a feature that only appears once the game is running. Before downloading, check the release notes for the event code fixes, because v10.0.4 was published to fix event codes, and decide between the Npcap build, which avoids running as administrator but needs the driver, and the socket build, which needs administrator rights.

Frequently asked questions

Official sources

1. License: GPL-3.0
2. Project website
3. README
4. Releases
5. Triky313/AlbionOnline-StatisticsAnalysis on GitHub