# stern/stern

⎈ Multi pod and container log tailing for Kubernetes -- Friendly fork of https://github.com/wercker/stern

Repository: https://github.com/stern/stern
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/stern
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: kubernetes, logs, logging, devops, debugging, tail
Last push: 2026-08-19T05:46:49+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 58, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2142, "days_push": 14, "days_rel": 123, "gap_med": 142.0, "n_releases_24m": 5}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 4849, forks 177 (observed 2026-08-28T04:09:01.356244+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: logging, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: windows, cli, cross-platform
- tags: kubernetes, log-tailing, debugging, multi-pod, go, devops, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- stern/stern (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.356244+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 2026-08-29T18:18:25.973198+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/stern/stern (fetched 2026-08-28T04:09:01.356244+00:00, sha e16658bd2935)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.