Nerdlog Alternatives

Nerdlog is described as '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' and is an app in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Nerdlog for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best Nerdlog alternative is Graylog, which is free. Other great apps like Nerdlog are LogExpert, glogg, LNAV and klogg.

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  1. Graylog icon
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    Graylog is a powerful Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) solution offering a robust log analytics platform that simplifies the collection, search, analysis, and alerting of all types of machine-generated data.

    68 Graylog alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Online
    • Software as a Service (SaaS)
     
  2. glogg icon
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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.

    43 glogg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. LNAV icon
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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.

    13 LNAV alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  4. klogg icon
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    logg is cross-platform open source tool designed to view and search information in large log files.

    26 klogg alternatives

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. BareTail icon
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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.
    48 BareTail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  6.  1 like

    TUI for viewing logs from journald, auditd, file system, Docker and Podman containers, Compose stacks and Kubernetes pods with supports log highlighting and several filtering modes.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Go (Programming Language)
    • Linux
    • Docker
    • Docker Hub
     
  7.  1 like

    JournalView is a lightweight, terminal-based application written in Rust that allows users to efficiently view, filter, and navigate system logs from journalctl.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Rust
    • Linux
     
  8. Log Voyager icon
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    Analyze gigabyte-sized log files instantly in your browser. Zero upload, 100% local processing. The modern alternative to crashing text editors.

    43 Log Voyager alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
     
  9. Grafana Tempo is an open-source, easy-to-use, and high-scale distributed tracing backend. Tempo lets you search for traces, generate metrics from spans, and link your tracing data with logs and metrics.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
     
  10. LogoRRR icon
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    LogoRRR is a powerful desktop application designed to simplify the analysis of text files for recurring patterns. Whether you’re searching for specific events in log files or analysing any other type of text file, LogoRRR makes the process effortless and efficient.

    39 LogoRRR alternatives

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Snapcraft
     
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