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frontail streams log files to the browser, tail -F with a UI. Point it at files, stdin, Docker/Podman containers, the systemd journal or remote files over SSH, and watch lines appear in real time, colorized by log format.

This is a fork of mthenw/frontail, maintained by @hbenali. Live demo

npm i -g @hbenali/frontail
frontail /var/log/syslog          # or: frontail --journal
# open http://127.0.0.1:9001

Where to go next

I want to…	Page
Install it (npm, Docker, binaries)	Installation
See every command-line option	Command-line options
Tail files, stdin, containers, the journal or remote files	Log sources
Keep my options in a file	Configuration file
Know which log formats get colored	Log formats
Color my own log format	Custom format rules
Use filters, highlights, shortcuts, downloads	Web UI guide
Run it safely (auth, HTTPS, origins)	Security
Run it in Docker, Compose or Kubernetes	Docker and Kubernetes
Put it behind nginx or another proxy	Reverse proxy
Monitor it (health check, Prometheus)	Metrics and health
Fix "no logs show up" and other problems	Troubleshooting
Contribute or cut a release	Contributing

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