stern/stern
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⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes -- Friendly fork of https://github.com/wercker/stern observed · 2026-09-29
Health v2 · maintenance only
80/100
- Activity 94
- Release rhythm 51
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 179
- age_days: 2190
- days_rel: 171
- days_push: 36
- n_releases_24m: 4
Adoption not part of the score
4875 stars · 178 forks observed · 2026-09-29
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Stern is a CLI tool for tailing logs from multiple Kubernetes pods and containers at once, with color-coded output and regex or resource-based pod queries. It is a maintained fork of the discontinued wercker/stern, written in Go.
Use cases
- tail logs from multiple kubernetes pods at once
- follow logs of all containers in a deployment
- debug kubernetes pods with color-coded log output
- tail logs across all namespaces
- watch logs of newly created pods automatically
- filter pod logs by regex pattern
When to choose
- you need to stream logs from many pods or containers simultaneously in Kubernetes
- you want automatic tailing of pods as they are added or removed
- you prefer a lightweight single-binary CLI over a full log aggregation stack
When to avoid
- you need centralized log storage, search, or long-term retention
- you are not running workloads on Kubernetes
- you need a GUI or web-based log viewer
Facets
cli-tool · maturity active
logging cli developer-tools developer-tools windows cli cross-platform kubernetes log-tailing debugging multi-pod go devops command-line linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/stern/stern · fetched 2026-09-29 · e16658bd2935
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| stern/stern | main | 80 |
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