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pamburus/hl

A fast and powerful log viewer and processor that converts JSON logs or logfmt logs into a clear human-readable format. observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/pamburus/hl · Rust · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

95/100

  • Activity 99
  • Release rhythm 88
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: 12.5
  • age_days: 2220
  • days_rel: 82
  • days_push: 8
  • n_releases_24m: 29

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3270 stars · 66 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

hl is a fast, high-performance CLI log viewer and processor written in Rust that converts JSON and logfmt logs into human-readable output. It supports filtering by field, level, and timestamp range, live follow mode, and fast chronological sorting with indexing.

Use cases

  • view logs in human readable format
  • filter structured logs by level and fields
  • follow and sort logs from multiple files by timestamp
  • pretty-print logfmt output in the terminal
  • quickly search large log files by time range

When to choose

  • you regularly read JSON or logfmt logs from the terminal
  • you need fast filtering and sorting over very large log files
  • you want a jq-less, human-friendly alternative to raw structured logs

When to avoid

  • you need a centralized log aggregation service with a web UI
  • your logs are plain unstructured text without JSON or logfmt

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

logging cli developer-tools parser developer-tools backend cli windows rust log-viewer -logs logfmt structured-logging log-processing command-line logging linux macos

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