Backends

No more Google Forms

Using Google Forms as an ACRA backend has been a nice free solution when starting android development. Though, Google asked us to stop using this solution and it won't be supported in future releases.

You can read more details on this topic here.

Official backend

• Acralyzer is the new open source backend created by the author of ACRA. Still in early development stage but already more usable than the GoogleDocs spreadsheet solution.

Alternative backends

As an open source projects, ACRA welcomes all initiatives to integrate its reports in any other backend/analysis tool.

Here is a list of solutions we are aware of.

Free solutions

Google AppEngine hosting:

• acra-reporter - open source AppEngine backend by Matthew Winters

PHP Hosting:

• CrashReportsViewer opensource PHP backend by Benoit Duffez
• Crash Report Dashboard open source PHP backend for ACRA by Arvid Gerstmann.
• X2ON's Android ACRA Server + sender by Felix Schulze / X2ON

Rails Hosting:

• Acracadabra forwards reports to an email address. Allows to receive reports by mail without going through an intent (and user action to send the mail)

Commercial solutions

• Bugsense Android, iOS, AppEngine and Windows Phone bug analysis platform
• LogEntries, log management service
• Hockeyapp OSX, iOS and Android beta distribution platform and crash reports collection. There is a more complete sender contributed by Antoine Bouthors
• Zubhium , platform dedicated to Android applications beta distribution, crash analytics and users support.
• Bugify - commercial PHP bug and issue tracker published an ACRA sender
• Sentry also released an ACRA Sender