dimonomid/nerdlog

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1549 stars · 40 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Nerdlog is a fast, remote-first, multi-host terminal UI log viewer with an interactive timeline histogram and no central server. It connects over SSH to remote Linux hosts, runs log queries (syslog files or journalctl) on the nodes themselves, and merges results locally for efficient browsing of large log files.

Use cases

• query logs from multiple remote servers over ssh from a terminal
• view syslog and journalctl logs with a timeline histogram
• replace slow splunk or graylog setups for log searching
• filter logs by time range and pattern across many hosts
• debug systemd service logs on a fleet of linux instances
• search large 1GB+ log files efficiently without downloading them

When to choose

• you need to read logs from many remote linux hosts without deploying a centralized log server
• you want a lightweight graylog/kibana alternative with near-zero setup
• you work primarily in a terminal and want a TUI with visual timeline insight
• your log files are large and you want analysis done on the remote nodes to save bandwidth

When to avoid

• you need centralized log storage, retention, or alerting
• you need to collect logs from windows hosts (only the client runs on windows)
• you prefer a web-based dashboard or team-shared log platform
• you need structured log ingestion pipelines beyond syslog/journalctl-style formats

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

logging monitoring search-engine terminal-ui ssh data-visualization monitoring self-hosted developer-tools windows bsd cli cross-platform log-viewer tui multi-host timeline-histogram remote-first syslog journalctl no-central-server graylog-alternative devops command-line linux macos

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