Terminal log viewers

Read, highlight and filter log files in the terminal.

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Terminal log viewers
Tool	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
lnav	11k	BSD-2-Clause	Open source	No	C++	v0.14.1	2026-10-06
tailspin	8k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	7.0.0	2026-10-03
hl	3.3k	MIT	Open source	No	Rust	v0.36.3	2026-10-05

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Log file navigator

🌀 A log file highlighter

A fast and powerful log viewer and processor that converts JSON logs or logfmt logs into a clear human-readable format.