johanhaleby/kubetail

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Kubetail is a Bash script that aggregates and follows logs from multiple Kubernetes pods into a single stream, like running 'kubectl logs -f' for many pods at once. It is a lightweight single-script CLI tool installable via Homebrew, ASDF, or shell plugin managers.

Use cases

• tail logs from multiple kubernetes pods at once
• aggregate pod logs into one stream
• follow logs across deployments in kubernetes
• debug kubernetes services by watching all pod logs
• stream logs from pods matching a label
• view kubernetes logs without a dashboard

When to choose

• you want a zero-dependency bash script instead of a heavy log aggregation stack
• you need to quickly tail logs from several pods during debugging
• you already use kubectl and want a familiar multi-pod log viewer

When to avoid

• you need centralized log storage, search, or retention
• you require structured log parsing or alerting
• you are not running Kubernetes or do not have kubectl configured

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

logging cli developer-tools developer-tools cli cross-platform kubernetes bash log-aggregation kubectl pods tail containers devops command-line linux macos

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