diff --git a/xbot_service_interface_py/pyproject.toml b/xbot_service_interface_py/pyproject.toml
index 2c6fa6f..ff4f789 100644
--- a/xbot_service_interface_py/pyproject.toml
+++ b/xbot_service_interface_py/pyproject.toml
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ testpaths = ["tests"]
 
 [project.scripts]
 xbot-shell = "xbot_service_interface.shell:main"
+xbot-log   = "xbot_service_interface.log_receiver:main"
 
 [project.optional-dependencies]
 dev = ["pytest>=8"]
diff --git a/xbot_service_interface_py/xbot_service_interface/log_receiver.py b/xbot_service_interface_py/xbot_service_interface/log_receiver.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1d8d4ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/xbot_service_interface_py/xbot_service_interface/log_receiver.py
@@ -0,0 +1,128 @@
+"""
+xbot-log — receive and display xBot remote log messages.
+
+Services call startRemoteLogging() which multicasts XbotHeader+text to
+LOG_MULTICAST_ADDR:MULTICAST_PORT. arg1 carries the ulog severity level.
+"""
+import argparse
+import socket
+import struct
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+
+from .datatypes import (
+    HEADER_FORMAT, HEADER_SIZE, MessageType, LogLevel,
+    LOG_MULTICAST_ADDR, MULTICAST_PORT,
+)
+
+# ANSI colours keyed by LogLevel
+_RESET = '\033[0m'
+_LEVEL_FMT: dict[int, tuple[str, str]] = {
+    LogLevel.TRACE:    ('\033[2m',          'TRC'),
+    LogLevel.DEBUG:    ('\033[36m',          'DBG'),
+    LogLevel.INFO:     ('\033[32m',          'INF'),
+    LogLevel.WARNING:  ('\033[33m',          'WRN'),
+    LogLevel.ERROR:    ('\033[31m',          'ERR'),
+    LogLevel.CRITICAL: ('\033[1;31m',        'CRT'),
+    LogLevel.ALWAYS:   ('\033[1m',           'ALW'),
+}
+
+
+def _colour(level: int) -> tuple[str, str]:
+    return _LEVEL_FMT.get(level, ('', f'L{level:02d}'))
+
+
+def _make_socket(bind_ip: str) -> socket.socket:
+    sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM, socket.IPPROTO_UDP)
+    sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
+    try:
+        sock.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEPORT, 1)
+    except AttributeError:
+        pass
+    sock.bind((LOG_MULTICAST_ADDR, MULTICAST_PORT))
+    iface = bind_ip if bind_ip != '0.0.0.0' else '0.0.0.0'
+    mreq = struct.pack('4s4s',
+                       socket.inet_aton(LOG_MULTICAST_ADDR),
+                       socket.inet_aton(iface))
+    sock.setsockopt(socket.IPPROTO_IP, socket.IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP, mreq)
+    sock.settimeout(1.0)
+    return sock
+
+
+def _recv_loop(sock: socket.socket, min_level: int, no_colour: bool) -> None:
+    while True:
+        try:
+            data, (src_ip, _) = sock.recvfrom(4096)
+        except socket.timeout:
+            continue
+        except OSError:
+            break
+
+        if len(data) < HEADER_SIZE:
+            continue
+
+        fields = struct.unpack_from(HEADER_FORMAT, data)
+        msg_type   = fields[1]
+        level      = fields[5]   # arg1
+        service_id = fields[4]
+        pay_size   = fields[10]
+
+        if msg_type != MessageType.LOG:
+            continue
+        if level < min_level:
+            continue
+
+        payload = data[HEADER_SIZE: HEADER_SIZE + pay_size]
+        try:
+            text = payload.decode('utf-8', errors='replace').rstrip('\0')
+        except Exception:
+            text = repr(payload)
+
+        ts = datetime.now().strftime('%H:%M:%S.%f')[:-3]
+        ansi, tag = _colour(level)
+
+        if no_colour:
+            print(f"{ts} [{tag}] {src_ip} | {text}", flush=True)
+        else:
+            print(f"{ansi}{ts} [{tag}]{_RESET} \033[2m{src_ip}\033[0m | {ansi}{text}{_RESET}",
+                  flush=True)
+
+
+def main() -> None:
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description='Receive and display xBot remote log messages')
+    parser.add_argument('--bind', '-b', default='0.0.0.0', metavar='IP',
+                        help='local interface IP to join multicast on (default: 0.0.0.0)')
+    parser.add_argument('--level', '-l',
+                        choices=['trace', 'debug', 'info', 'warning', 'error', 'critical'],
+                        default='debug',
+                        help='minimum log level to display (default: debug)')
+    parser.add_argument('--no-colour', '--no-color', action='store_true',
+                        help='disable ANSI colour output')
+    args = parser.parse_args()
+
+    level_map = {
+        'trace':    LogLevel.TRACE,
+        'debug':    LogLevel.DEBUG,
+        'info':     LogLevel.INFO,
+        'warning':  LogLevel.WARNING,
+        'error':    LogLevel.ERROR,
+        'critical': LogLevel.CRITICAL,
+    }
+    min_level = level_map[args.level]
+    no_colour = args.no_colour or not sys.stdout.isatty()
+
+    sock = _make_socket(args.bind)
+    print(f"Listening for xBot log messages on {LOG_MULTICAST_ADDR}:{MULTICAST_PORT}"
+          f"  (bind={args.bind}, min_level={args.level.upper()})",
+          flush=True)
+    try:
+        _recv_loop(sock, min_level, no_colour)
+    except KeyboardInterrupt:
+        pass
+    finally:
+        sock.close()
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()