Retrospective Log Analyzer AlternativesLog & Web Log Analyzers like Retrospective Log Analyzer

Retrospective Log Analyzer is described as 'Retrospective is a lean solution for IT people to manage enterprise log data on either Windows, Mac or Linux' and is a Log Analyzer in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Retrospective Log Analyzer for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Docker apps. The best Retrospective Log Analyzer alternative is LogExpert, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Retrospective Log Analyzer are glogg, klogg, BareTail and LogViewPlus.

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

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Retrospective Log Analyzer alternatives page was last updated Feb 26, 2025
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  1. LogExpert icon
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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.

    40 LogExpert alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Content Filtering
    2.  Save filters and highlights
    3.  Relative select

    LogExpert VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
    • LogExpert is the most popular Windows alternative to Retrospective Log Analyzer.

    • LogExpert is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Retrospective Log Analyzer.

    • LogExpert is Free and Open SourceRetrospective Log Analyzer is Paid and Proprietary
    • LogExpert is LightweightRetrospective Log Analyzer is not according to our users
  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.

    41 glogg alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    Discontinued

    Last update was in May 2017.

    glogg Features

    1.  Multi-tabs
    2.  Support for Large File

    glogg VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
    • glogg is the most popular Mac & Linux alternative to Retrospective Log Analyzer.

    • glogg is Free and Open SourceRetrospective Log Analyzer is Paid and Proprietary
  3. klogg icon
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    logg is cross-platform open source tool designed to view and search information in large log files.

    22 klogg alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions
    2.  Support for Large File
    3.  Auto Scrolling

    klogg VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
  4. 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.
    42 BareTail alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Windows
    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

    BareTail VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
  5. LogViewPlus icon
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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.

    34 LogViewPlus alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    LogViewPlus Features

    1.  Filtering
    2.  Log parsing

    LogViewPlus VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
    • LogViewPlus is the most popular commercial alternative to Retrospective Log Analyzer.

    • LogViewPlus is Paid and ProprietaryRetrospective Log Analyzer is also Paid and Proprietary
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    Telescope is a web application designed to provide an intuitive interface for exploring log data. It is built to work with any type of logs, as long as they are stored in ClickHouse. Users can easily configure connections to their ClickHouse databases and run queries to filter...

    34 Telescope Log Viewer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker

    Properties

    1.  Privacy focused

    Features

    1.  Dark Mode
    2.  No Tracking
    3.  Ad-free

    Telescope Log Viewer VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
    • Telescope Log Viewer is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Retrospective Log Analyzer.

    • Telescope Log Viewer is Free and Open SourceRetrospective Log Analyzer is Paid and Proprietary
    • Telescope Log Viewer is Privacy focusedRetrospective Log Analyzer is not according to our users
  7. loxx icon
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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.

    19 loxx alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Properties

    1.  Lightweight

    Features

    1.  Content Filtering
    2.  Real-time monitoring
    3.  Support for FTP
    4.  MDI

    loxx VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
  8. BareGrep icon
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    A free file finding and text searching tool:

    • Regular expression text search
    • High performance search algorithm
    • Wildcard and regular expression file search
    • Recursive directory search
    • Save, name and manage text search patterns
    • Interactive, incremental search
    • Ext.
    72 BareGrep alternatives

    License model

    • FreemiumProprietary

    Application type

    Country of Origin

    • GB flagUnited Kingdom

    Platforms

    • Windows

    BareGrep Features

    1.  Support for regular expressions

    BareGrep VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
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    Logwatch is a customizable log analysis system. Logwatch parses through your systems logs and creates a report analyzing areas that you specify. Logwatch is easy to use and will work right out of the package on most systems.

    8 Logwatch alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Linux

    Logwatch VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
  10. Hoo WinTail icon
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    Hoo WinTail is a real-time log monitor and log viewer for Windows like the UNIX tail -f utility. It monitors your log and captures output in real-time.

    27 Hoo WinTail alternatives

    License model

    Platforms

    • Windows

    Hoo WinTail Features

    1.  Text Highlighting

    Hoo WinTail VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
  11. SnakeTail icon
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    SnakeTail is a Windows tail application for monitoring text log files. You can also monitor Windows event logs. Multiple window modes are supported (MDI, Tabbed, Floating).

    31 SnakeTail alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows

    SnakeTail Features

    1.  Portable
    2.  Real time updates

    SnakeTail VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
  12. logsniffer icon
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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.

    49 logsniffer alternatives

    License model

    • FreeOpen Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    Discontinued

    logsniffer is no longer maintained. Last version, 0.5.6, released in July 2016, can be still downloaded from GitHub.

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    The link goes to a scam website now.

    logsniffer Features

    1.  Logging

    logsniffer VS Retrospective Log Analyzer

     
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