JFollowTail Alternatives

JFollowTail is described as 'Another free real-time log file monitoring tool. Made in Java. It's almost the same Baretail free edition but with the cappability of searching through the log file. And without a bothersome screen asking you for buying the product' and is a Log Analyzer in the network & admin category. There are more than 25 alternatives to JFollowTail for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best JFollowTail alternative is LogExpert, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like JFollowTail are glogg, BareTail, klogg and LogViewPlus.

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  1. SnakeTail icon
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    SnakeTail is a Windows tail application for monitoring text log files. You can also monitor Windows event logs. Multiple window modes are supported (MDI, Tabbed, Floating).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. The SPHW LogViewer is the perfect companion for software developers or administrators. With its functions, you can easily keep an overview and track down problems very quickly. The SPHW LogViewer was developed with the aim of sustainably improving the productivity as well as the...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. Tail for Win32 is used to monitor changes to files; displaying the changed lines in realtime. This makes Tail ideal for watching log files.

    Cost / License

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. logsniffer icon
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    logsniffer is a sophisticated open source web tool for viewing, monitoring and analyzing log data. It provides a modern and intuitive end to end web interface and log viewer to keep an eye on all your logs - in one place and in real-time.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued
    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
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  5.  1 like

    WinTail allows you to view the last 64K of a growing text file in real time under Win32 operating systems. It's a bit like using the "tail -f" command under UNIX. This is particularly useful for:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. GamutLogViewer can be used for viewing and filtering log files of all types including Log4J, Log4Net, NLog, CSV files, files delimited with other separators, or plain unformatted log files.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. LOG4VIEW icon
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    LOG4VIEW helps you find areas of code and bugs and identify performance issues. Powerful filters enable you to quickly filter out the log lines you are currently interested in from several millions of log lines.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  8. Logviewer icon
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    The LogViewer Pro is a viewer for text log files.

    Features include: Fast scrolling, eats low memory Supports any file size (4 Gb and larger) Multitabbed interface Auto-reload file, "Follow tail" mode Allows to highlight some lines (e.g. "errors", ".

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. yata icon
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    Yata is a general purpose log viewer and file monitor with a nice pretty GUI. "Yata" is an acronym for "Yet Another Tail Application", so named because of its focus on viewing logs in real time (similar to what one might use "tail -f" on the unix...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. fLogViewer.net is a free Windows program which allows one to view large log text files with color coding and filtering.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. LogAnayzer is a text editor specifically designed to analyze log files faster and easier by allowing the user to create, store and apply rules. When a log line contains all the patterns of a rule a match is added to the index.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. yeTTY icon
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    yeTTY is an open source application for embedded developers to view logs from serial port.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
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