Open Log Viewer

A multi-platform log viewer built with Electron and styled with Material Design.

Key Features • Installation • Download • Release Notes • Credits • License

Key Features

• Multiple opened files in tabs.
• Tail file changes.
• Filter log levels.
• Colored log entries.
• Customize log levels pattern.
• Customize log levels color.
• Cross platform
  • Windows, macOS and Linux ready.

Installation

# Clone this repository
$ git clone https://github.com/tmoreno/open-log-viewer

# Go into the repository
$ cd open-log-viewer

# Install dependencies
$ npm install

# Build app
$ npm run build

# Run the app
$ npm run start

Download

Open Log Viewer is available for Linux, Mac and Windows

Release Notes

Version 1.5.1

Bugs Fixed

• Now macOS users can copy/paste using shortcuts

Version 1.5.0

Improvements

• Automatic scrolling to the last log entry while new entries are append.
• Added -f/--file arguments to open a log file from the terminal.

Version 1.4.2

Bugs Fixed

• New lines are append to the end of editor instead of cursor position.

Version 1.4.1

Bugs Fixed

• When a line starts with more than 4 spaces the line is whited.

Version 1.4.0

Improvements

• Update to Electron 8 and the rest of dependencies.

Version 1.3.0

Improvements

• Now you can use valid Java Script regular expressions when you specify a pattern for a log severity.

Bugs Fixed

• A button to close the about dialog should appear for linux and mac.

Version 1.2.1

Improvements

• Added italian translation. Thanks Alessio Cuccovillo

Version 1.2.0

Improvements

• Added font size setting.
• Restart app when change a log pattern.

Bugs Fixed

• Reset settings when click on cancel button.

Version 1.1.2

Bugs Fixed

• When there are more than one file opened then files with no line matches has the previous severity color.

Version 1.1.1

Bugs Fixed

• If the first line does not match any log severity pattern, then the viewer was empty.

Version 1.1.0

Improvements

• Enabled search feature. Press Ctrl+F or Command+F to find words or text in the log file.
• Show line numbers.

Drawbacks

• Color and patterns settings are global instead of by file.
• Changes on patterns are applied after restarting the application.
• Color and pattern settings are not migrated to this version, so you will lost them.

Credits

This software uses the following open source packages:

• Electron
• Node.js
• Vue
• Vuetify
• Ace

License

This project is licensed under the GPLv3 License - see the LICENSE file for details

Tomás Moreno Bernal  ·  GitHub @tmoreno  ·  Twitter @tmorenobernal