The simplest way to access log files remotely. No database. REST API, CLI with colors, regex filtering, and real-time streaming.
pip install logtap
Query logs remotely without SSH. Simple HTTP endpoints for all operations.
Beautiful terminal output with syntax highlighting and formatting.
Powerful pattern matching for sophisticated log searches.
Real-time log tailing like tail -f, but over the network.
Optional authentication for production environments.
Containerized deployment with read-only mounts for security.
# Start logtap server on your log machine
logtap serve --port 8080
# With API key authentication
logtap serve --api-key your-secret-key
# Search for errors
logtap query --server myserver:8080 --file app.log --term "ERROR"
# Use regex patterns
logtap query --regex "failed.*connection" --limit 50
# Real-time streaming
logtap tail --server myserver:8080 --file app.log --follow
Query log entries with filtering and pagination
List all available log files
Health check endpoint