BareTail Alternatives

BareTail is described as 'Real-time log file monitoring tool' and is an app in the os & utilities category. There are more than 25 alternatives to BareTail for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best BareTail alternative is LogExpert, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like BareTail are SPHW LogViewer, glogg, klogg and LNAV.

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  1. LogExpert icon

    LogExpert

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    LogExpert is a Windows tail program (a GUI replacement for the Unix tail command). LogExpert is free for non-commercial or commercial use.

    43 LogExpert alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about LogExpert as an Alternative to BareTail
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    It supports filtering the tail of the log in real time, supports regex, colorizing, additional addon's to interact and Columnize the output

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    zorglups
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    Allows:

    • Filter for selection
    • Word mode temp highlight
    • Line mode temp highlight
    • Complex highlighting rules in both word and line mode, foreground and background.
    • Highlighting rules based on filename patterns.
    • Recognize columns.
    • Filter to new tab.
    • Time computation.
    • Time sync between tabs (even with possibility to induce deltatime (when timesync is not enabled between 2 hosts)).
    • Fuzzy search
    • And so many more
    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    aktiniya
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    Supports regexp! Stores filters and highlightings! The best alternative to BareTailPro! The only BareTailPro feature that it miss is outputting filtered test while entering filter. This feature saves the annoying push on "search" button. But! It stores the last view and shows it on reopen! I liked it a lot, and BareTailPro doesn't have it :) Glog has no regexp search, so it loose :)

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Most users think LogExpert is a great BareTail alternative.

    • LogExpert is the most popular Windows alternative to BareTail.

    • LogExpert is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to BareTail.

    • LogExpert is Free and Open SourceBareTail is Freemium and Proprietary
    • LogExpert is LightweightBareTail is not according to our users
  2. SPHW LogViewer icon

    SPHW LogViewer

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    The SPHW LogViewer is the perfect companion for software developers or administrators. With its functions, you can easily keep an overview and track down problems very quickly. The SPHW LogViewer was developed with the aim of sustainably improving the productivity as well as the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Comments about SPHW LogViewer as an Alternative to BareTail
    Guest
    Positive
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    I love the clear button! It removes all current lines and shows only the new entries from this moment. But it does not touch the content of the file, it is perfect for debugging!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    Support for regular expressions! The filtering even works in runtime.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
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    The filtering/searching works in runtime within the same window.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks SPHW LogViewer is a great BareTail alternative.

    • SPHW LogViewer is the most popular Linux alternative to BareTail.

    • SPHW LogViewer is Free and ProprietaryBareTail is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. glogg icon

    glogg

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    glogg is a multi-platform GUI application to browse and search through long or complex log files. It is designed with programmers and system administrators in mind. glogg can be seen as a graphical, interactive combination of grep and less.

    42 glogg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Reads complete file, no multi tab.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Some users think glogg is a great BareTail alternative, some don't.

    • glogg is the most popular Mac alternative to BareTail.

    • glogg is Free and Open SourceBareTail is Freemium and Proprietary
  5. klogg icon

    klogg

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    logg is cross-platform open source tool designed to view and search information in large log files.

    25 klogg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    LNAV

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    All log file contents are merged into a single view based on message timestamps. You no longer need to manually correlate timestamps across multiple windows or figure out the order in which to view rotated log files.

    11 LNAV alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. LogViewPlus icon

    LogViewPlus

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    Looking for a better way to view log files? LogViewPlus is a professional log viewer that can parse, read and analyse log files in a variety of different formats.

    39 LogViewPlus alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • LogViewPlus is the most popular commercial alternative to BareTail.

    • LogViewPlus is Paid and ProprietaryBareTail is Freemium and Proprietary
  10. LogFusion icon

    LogFusion

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    LogFusion is a powerful log monitoring tool that makes parsing your logs easy. Take advantage of LogFusion's Row Highlighting and Text Filtering features to quickly filter your log and only show the relevant lines you are looking for.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. in'side log icon

    in'side log

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    in'side log - Colorized real-time log viewer with remote tail over SSH support for Windows, Mac and Linux

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Angle-grinder

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    Slice and dice logs on the command line. Angle-grinder allows you to parse, aggregate, sum, average, min/max, percentile, and sort your data. You can see it, live-updating, in your terminal. Angle grinder is designed for when, for whatever reason, you don't have your data in...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  13. logsniffer icon

    logsniffer

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    logsniffer is a sophisticated open source web tool for viewing, monitoring and analyzing log data. It provides a modern and intuitive end to end web interface and log viewer to keep an eye on all your logs - in one place and in real-time.

    53 logsniffer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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    • logsniffer is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to BareTail.

    • logsniffer is Free and Open SourceBareTail is Freemium and Proprietary
  14. loxx icon

    loxx

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    A log file viewer for static or running traces as usually written by setups, server or debug traces. It supports fast reading of huge files, content highlighting, filtering, search (regex, plain and wildcards), multiple file view and even more.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Comments about loxx as an Alternative to BareTail
    Guest
    Positive
    2

    Low memory usage, MDI view, very fast loading and searching, time stamp support

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • loxx is Freemium and ProprietaryBareTail is also Freemium and Proprietary
    • loxx is LightweightBareTail is not according to our users
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