# boz/kail

kubernetes log viewer

Repository: https://github.com/boz/kail
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kail
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, golang, devtools, tail, logging, logs
Last push: 2025-07-03T06:41:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 36/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 29, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3307, "days_push": 426, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2067, forks 92 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:10.154124+00:00)

## What it is
Kail is a Go CLI tool that tails and streams logs from all containers of pods matching selectors like service, deployment, or namespace in a Kubernetes cluster. It dynamically adjusts to cluster changes, adding or removing pods from the log stream as they enter or leave the selection.

## Use cases
- tail logs from all pods in a kubernetes cluster
- stream logs from pods belonging to a deployment or service
- aggregate logs from multiple containers at once
- follow logs across namespaces while debugging
- watch logs of pods as they scale up and down

## When to choose
- you want kubectl logs across many pods simultaneously
- you need log streaming that adapts to changing pod sets
- you prefer a lightweight single-binary CLI over a full log aggregation stack

## When to avoid
- you need persistent log storage, search, or dashboards
- you are not running Kubernetes
- you need structured log parsing or alerting

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: logging, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, go, cross-platform
- tags: kubernetes, log-tailing, kubectl-companion, log-streaming, containers, devops, command-line

## Member repositories
- boz/kail (main) score 36

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.154124+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 2026-08-30T02:56:48.827337+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/boz/kail (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:10.154124+00:00, sha 05c38d88a8ab)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.