Compact Log Viewer AlternativesWeb Log Analyzers and other similar apps like Compact Log Viewer

Compact Log Viewer is described as 'Open-source developer utility to read, search & filter logs stored in the CLEF (Compact Log Event Format). As opposed to reading JSON log files in a simple text editor, with this tool you are able to get an easy oversight to the number of errors' and is a web log analyzer in the network & admin category. There are nine alternatives to Compact Log Viewer for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Self-Hosted apps. The best Compact Log Viewer alternative is BareTail, which is free. Other great apps like Compact Log Viewer are LNAV, Logdy, yata and munia-pretty-json.

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Compact Log Viewer alternatives page was last updated Apr 22, 2025
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  1. BareTail icon

    BareTail

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    BareTail is a real-time log file monitoring tool.

    Features

    Real-time file viewing

    • Optimised real-time viewing engine
    • View files of any size (> 2GB)
    • Scroll to any point in the whole file instantly
    • View files over a network
    • Configurable line wrapping
    • Configurable.
    43 BareTail alternatives

    License model

    • Freemium • Proprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    Discontinued

    The latest version of the application is from November 2006.

    BareTail Features

    1.  Support for Large File
    2.  Monitor File Changes
    3.  Monitor FileSystem Changes

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    • BareTail is the most popular Windows alternative to Compact Log Viewer.

    • BareTail is the most popular free alternative to Compact Log Viewer.

    • BareTail is Freemium and ProprietaryCompact Log Viewer is Free and Proprietary
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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.

    10 LNAV alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    LNAV screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  Ad-free
    3.  Integrated Search
    4.  Colored Text

    LNAV VS Compact Log Viewer

     

    • LNAV is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Compact Log Viewer.

    • LNAV is the most popular Open Source alternative to Compact Log Viewer.

    • LNAV is Free and Open SourceCompact Log Viewer is Free and Proprietary
    • LNAV is LightweightCompact Log Viewer is not according to our users
  4. Logdy icon

    Logdy

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    Supercharge terminal logs with web browser UI and low-code (TypeScript snippets). Save 90% of time searching and browsing logs. It's like jq, tail, less, grep and awk merged together and available in a clean UI. Self-hosted, single binary.

    10 Logdy alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Logdy screenshot 1

    Logdy Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  Ad-free

    Logdy VS Compact Log Viewer

     

    • Logdy is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to Compact Log Viewer.

    • Logdy is Free and Open SourceCompact Log Viewer is Free and Proprietary
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    yata

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    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...

    29 yata alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    yata Features

    1.  Portable

    yata VS Compact Log Viewer

     

  6. munia-pretty-json

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    Convert the JSON log into readable form with command line. - GitHub - gagan-bansal/munia-pretty-json: Convert the JSON log into readable form with command line.

    3 munia-pretty-json alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    munia-pretty-json VS Compact Log Viewer

     
  7. json-log-viewer icon

    json-log-viewer

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    Powerful terminal based viewer for JSON logs using ncurses.

    9 json-log-viewer alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    json-log-viewer screenshot 1

    json-log-viewer VS Compact Log Viewer

     
  9. Log Manager icon

    Log Manager

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    Log Manager lets you view the contents of multiple log files as they're updated in real time.

    38 Log Manager alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Log Manager VS Compact Log Viewer

     
  10. 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...

    10 Angle-grinder alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    Angle-grinder screenshot 1

    Angle-grinder Features

    1.  Terminal-based

    Angle-grinder VS Compact Log Viewer

     

  11. Nerdlog

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    Nerdlog is a fast, remote-first, multi-host TUI log viewer with timeline histogram and no central server. Loosely inspired by Graylog/Kibana, but without the bloat. Pretty much no setup needed, either.

    39 Nerdlog alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    Nerdlog screenshot 1

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused
    2.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Command line interface
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  No registration required
    4.  Ad-free
    5.  Multi-host
    6.  Visual timeline
    7.  Timeline
    8.  Tui
    9.  Timeline-based

    Nerdlog VS Compact Log Viewer

     
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