# nickbnf/glogg

A fast, advanced log explorer.

Repository: https://github.com/nickbnf/glogg
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/glogg
Homepage: http://glogg.bonnefon.org/
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2021-05-26T11:22:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6138, "days_push": 1925, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1356, forks 502 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:29.403698+00:00)

## What it is
glogg is a multi-platform GUI application for browsing and searching through long, complex log files, acting as a graphical, interactive combination of grep and less. It streams files directly from disk without loading them into memory and offers regex-based filtered views with colorized results.

## Use cases
- explore large log files without loading them into memory
- search logs with grep-like regular expressions
- view filtered results of a regex search in a separate window
- tail and auto-reload growing log files
- colorize and navigate server logs on Windows, Mac, or Linux

## When to choose
- you need a fast GUI to inspect multi-gigabyte log files
- you want an interactive graphical alternative to grep and less
- you work across Linux, Windows, and macOS and need consistent log tooling

## When to avoid
- you need structured log aggregation or centralized log management
- you only need simple command-line grep functionality
- you require actively maintained software with recent releases

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: search-engine, gui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, files
- platform: windows, cpp
- tags: log-explorer, log-analysis, qt, grep, regex-search, large-files, command-line, linux, macos, desktop

## Member repositories
- nickbnf/glogg (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.403698+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T04:41:55.523072+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/nickbnf/glogg (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:29.403698+00:00, sha 37531307ad0b)
  - homepage: http://glogg.bonnefon.org/ (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:11.976506+00:00, sha 83d735c3ac1d)
  - site_page: http://glogg.bonnefon.org/documentation.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:12.076076+00:00, sha 7257ad5ad0c1)
  - site_page: http://glogg.bonnefon.org/2016/11/01/official-osx-installers.html (fetched 2026-08-29T12:00:12.128828+00:00, sha e511a2b12139)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.