BareTail Alternatives for Linux

BareTail is not available for Linux but there are plenty of alternatives that runs on Linux with similar functionality. The best Linux alternative is SPHW LogViewer, which is free. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 25 alternatives to BareTail and many of them are available for Linux so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Linux alternatives to BareTail are glogg, klogg, LNAV and Tailspin - Log file highlighter .

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  1. 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...

    36 SPHW LogViewer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    SPHW LogViewer vs BareTail Comments
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    3

    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.
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    Positive
    1

    Support for regular expressions! The filtering even works in runtime.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    The filtering/searching works in runtime within the same window.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • SPHW LogViewer is Free and ProprietaryBareTail is Freemium and Proprietary
  2. glogg icon

    glogg

     41 likes

    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.

    44 glogg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    glogg vs BareTail Comments
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    Negative
    -1

    Reads complete file, no multi tab.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • glogg is Free and Open SourceBareTail is Freemium and Proprietary
  4. klogg icon

    klogg

     12 likes

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

    27 klogg alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. LNAV icon

    LNAV

     18 likes

    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.

    14 LNAV alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  7. in'side log icon

    in'side log

     2 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. Angle-grinder icon

    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 (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. Retrospective Log Analyzer icon

    Retrospective Log Analyzer

     5 likes

    Retrospective is a lean solution for IT people to manage enterprise log data on either Windows, Mac or Linux.

    35 Retrospective Log Analyzer alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    Retrospective Log Analyzer vs BareTail Comments
    Guest
    Positive
    0

    creates a signle view over multiple server and additional servers within seconds

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    • Retrospective Log Analyzer is Paid and ProprietaryBareTail is Freemium and Proprietary
  11. logsniffer icon

    logsniffer

     8 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  12. Xlogmaster icon

    Xlogmaster

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    Xlogmaster is a program that lets you monitor everything that's going on on your system in a very quick and comfortable way. It allows reading logfiles, devices or running status-gathering programs, translating all data (if wished) and displaying....

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Linux
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  13. yata icon

    yata

     1 like

    Yata is a general purpose log viewer and file monitor with a nice pretty GUI. "Yata" is an acronym for "Yet Another Tail Application", so named because of its focus on viewing logs in real time (similar to what one might use "tail -f" on the unix...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  14. json-log-viewer icon

    json-log-viewer

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    Powerful terminal based viewer for JSON logs using ncurses.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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