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Textualize/toolong

A terminal application to view, tail, merge, and search log files (plus JSONL). observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/Textualize/toolong · homepage · Python · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

17/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 69
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 969
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 758
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3941 stars · 96 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Toolong is a terminal application (TUI) for viewing, tailing, merging, and searching log files, including JSONL. It handles multi-gigabyte files quickly, auto-detects timestamps to merge logs, and syntax highlights common web server log formats.

Use cases

  • tail log files in the terminal
  • view huge multi-gigabyte log files instantly
  • merge multiple log files by timestamp
  • pretty print and search JSONL files
  • open compressed .bz and .bz2 log files
  • analyze web server logs with syntax highlighting

When to choose

  • you need a fast, interactive TUI for inspecting logs on a server over ssh
  • you work with JSONL or compressed log files regularly
  • you want to merge logs from multiple sources by timestamp

When to avoid

  • you need centralized log aggregation or alerting across a fleet (use ELK, Loki, etc.)
  • you prefer plain unix tools like tail, less, and grep in scripts
  • you need a GUI-based log viewer

Facets

cli-tool · maturity active

developer-tools search-engine data-visualization developer-tools files windows cli python log-viewer tui l log-tailing log-analysis textual command-line linux macos

3 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
Textualize/toolongmain17

For agents

markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="Textualize/toolong")

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