LogFX is a multi-platform, free and open-source log viewer designed to handle very large files without a performance hit.
It is written in JavaFX so it can run in any Operating System.
Please choose one of the two alternatives below:
LogFX is distributed as a stand-alone application (arond 35MB download, 55MB unpacked).
Simply download the zip file for your distribution, unzip it, then run it with:
logfx/bin/logfx
- download the jar from the command-line:
Find the latest version on Bintray.
VERSION=<latest_version> && \
curl -sSfL https://jcenter.bintray.com/com/athaydes/logfx/logfx/$VERSION/logfx-$VERSION-all.jar -o logfx.jar
Size of the jar as of version
0.6.1
: 289 KB. Not MB! UPDATE: Version 1.0's jar size: 304KB.
Run with:
java -jar logfx.jar
Hint: to get Java 11 with JavaFX included, use SDKMAN! (e.g.
sdk use java 11.0.8.fx-zulu
).