UwView AlternativesLog Analyzers and other similar apps like UwView

UwView is described as 'Instantly view, scroll, and search very large text or log files of up to 258 GB, with minimal memory use, background indexing, and encoding detection' and is a Log Analyzer in the network & admin category. There are nine alternatives to UwView for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best UwView alternative is LogExpert, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like UwView are LNAV, Klog, glogg and BareTail.

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  1. LogExpert icon
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    LogExpert is a Windows tail program (a GUI replacement for the Unix tail command). LogExpert is free for non-commercial or commercial use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. LNAV icon
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    All log file contents are merged into a single view based on message timestamps. You no longer need to manually correlate timestamps across multiple windows or figure out the order in which to view rotated log files.

    16 LNAV alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Linux
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  3. Klog icon
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    KLog is our Win32 implementation of *nix syslog daemon to support remote logging of message from syslog-enabled unix servers, routers and other networked devices and applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  4. glogg icon
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    glogg is a multi-platform GUI application to browse and search through long or complex log files. It is designed with programmers and system administrators in mind. glogg can be seen as a graphical, interactive combination of grep and less.

    49 glogg alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  5. BareTail icon
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    BareTail is a real-time log file monitoring tool.

    Features

    Real-time file viewing

    • Optimised real-time viewing engine
    • View files of any size (> 2GB)
    • Scroll to any point in the whole file instantly
    • View files over a network
    • Configurable line wrapping
    • Configurable.
    52 BareTail alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  6. 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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  7. klogg icon
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    logg is cross-platform open source tool designed to view and search information in large log files.

    31 klogg alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Log Voyager icon
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    Analyze gigabyte-sized log files instantly in your browser. Zero upload, 100% local processing. The modern alternative to crashing text editors.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Docker
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  9. Open a log file of any size and start reading immediately. Log Viewer memory-maps the file instead of loading it, so a two-gigabyte log opens as fast as a two-kilobyte one.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
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