lview

A TUI for viewing logs on remote Linux machines over SSH. It automatically detects system logs, Docker containers, /opt applications, and the systemd journal.

Installation

macOS (Homebrew)

brew tap janvete/tools https://git.janvete.com/seth/homebrew-tools.git
brew install lview

Debian / Ubuntu (APT)

echo "deb [trusted=yes] https://git.janvete.com/seth/apt/raw/branch/main ./" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/janvete.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install lview

From source

cargo install --git ssh://git@git-ssh.janvete.com:554/seth/lview

Usage

lview ssh -p22 root@192.168.53.3

All arguments after ssh are passed directly to the system ssh command, so your ~/.ssh/config, SSH agent, and keys are used automatically.

Controls

Log picker

Key	Action
j / k or ↓ / ↑	move through the list
Enter	open the selected log
/	fuzzy filter the log list
r	reload the log list
q	quit

Log viewer

Key	Action
j / k or ↓ / ↑	scroll
Ctrl+d / Ctrl+u	scroll by 10 lines
g / G	jump to top / bottom
l or space	toggle live preview
/	search in the log (regex, case-insensitive)
n / N	next / previous match
s	save the current buffer to /tmp
q or Esc	back to the picker

Configuration

Create ~/.config/lview/config.toml:

ssh_command = "ssh"
max_log_lines = 10000
discovery_timeout = 10
extra_paths = ["/custom/logs"]

License

MIT