# TylerBrock/saw

Fast, multi-purpose tool for AWS CloudWatch Logs

Repository: https://github.com/TylerBrock/saw
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/saw
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: aws, cloudwatch-logs, logs, streaming, streamer, color, json, cli, tail, watch
Last push: 2023-03-27T08:33:24+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3313, "days_push": 1255, "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 1432, forks 85 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:43.098557+00:00)

## What it is
Saw is a fast, multi-purpose command-line tool for AWS CloudWatch Logs written in Go. It lets users list log groups and streams, tail interleaved logs across a group, and fetch historical logs with filtering and colorized JSON output.

## Use cases
- tail cloudwatch logs from the terminal
- stream aws log group logs in color
- search cloudwatch logs for errors
- view json cloudwatch logs pretty printed
- fetch cloudwatch logs for a time range
- list aws log groups and streams from cli

## When to choose
- you frequently inspect or tail CloudWatch Logs and want a faster, friendlier alternative to the AWS CLI
- you want colorized, expandable JSON output and pattern filtering for logs
- you need a single static binary or Docker image for log viewing across platforms

## When to avoid
- your logs live outside AWS CloudWatch
- you need log aggregation, storage, or alerting rather than viewing and tailing
- you require a GUI-based log explorer

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: logging, cli, developer-tools
- domain: cloud-computing, developer-tools, monitoring
- platform: cli, windows, go
- tags: aws, cloudwatch-logs, log-tailing, log-viewer, command-line, macos, linux, docker

## Member repositories
- TylerBrock/saw (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.098557+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 2026-08-30T04:37:00.567170+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/TylerBrock/saw (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:43.098557+00:00, sha c450b46d4c6d)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.