bensadeh/tailspin

Health v2 · maintenance only

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7946 stars · 136 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

tailspin (binary: tspin) is a Rust CLI tool that highlights log files in the terminal, recognizing dates, numbers, IPs, UUIDs, URLs, and severity keywords without any configuration. It can read files, stdin, or command output and display results in the less pager.

Use cases

• highlight log files in the terminal
• colorize kubectl logs output
• tail a log file with syntax highlighting
• view log files with no configuration
• pipe command output through a log colorizer
• alternative to grc or ccze for log coloring

When to choose

• you want zero-config log highlighting that works across any log format
• you frequently view or tail logs in the terminal and want dates, IPs, and severities colorized
• you want to pipe logs from other commands like kubectl through a highlighter

When to avoid

• you need log aggregation, parsing, or structured log analysis rather than visual highlighting
• you need a GUI or web-based log viewer
• you need to store or query logs rather than view them

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

cli developer-tools logging developer-tools files cli windows rust log-highlighter less-pager tail syntax-highlighting terminal command-line linux macos

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