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.

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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

Linux

Mac

Windows

• 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).

More in the Wiki and on the Website.