Retrospective is a lean solution for IT people to manage enterprise log data on either Windows, Mac or Linux.
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Logwatch Alternatives for Linux
There are many alternatives to Logwatch for Linux if you are looking for a replacement. The best Linux alternative is Retrospective Log Analyzer. It's not free, so if you're looking for a free alternative, you could try Specto or SWATCH (Simple WATCHer). If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked nine alternatives to Logwatch and five of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to Logwatch are Logcheck and Pacosoft Log Analyzer.
Alternatives list
Specto is a desktop application that will watch configurable events (such as website updates, emails, file and folder changes, system processes, etc) and then trigger notifications. For example, Specto can watch a website for updates (or a syndication feed, or an image, etc)...
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
LSWATCH, the Simple WATCHer of Logfiles, started out as the "simple watchdog" for activly monitoring log files produced by UNIX's syslog facility. It has since been evolving into a utility that can monitor just about any type of log.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application types
Alerts
- Discontinued
Platforms
- Linux
LogAnayzer is a text editor specifically designed to analyze log files faster and easier by allowing the user to create, store and apply rules. When a log line contains all the patterns of a rule a match is added to the index.
Cost / License
- Freemium
- Proprietary
Application types
Alerts
- Warning
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
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