User-friendly Kubernetes logging

Kubetail is a real-time logging tool for Kubernetes. Tail multiple pods simultaneously, from your terminal or browser.

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Free and Open Source (Apache 2 License)

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Real-time

Live tail

Multi-pod

Single timeline

GUI + CLI

Your choice

Quickstart

To install kubetail you can use Homebrew:

brew install kubetail

See 15 other options (e.g. Krew, Winget, Ubuntu)

# Homebrew
brew install kubetail

# Krew
kubectl krew install kubetail

# MacPorts
sudo port install kubetail

# Nix (Flake)
nix profile add github:kubetail-org/kubetail-nix

# Nix (Classic)
nix-env -i -f https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail-nix/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz

# asdf
asdf plugin add kubetail https://github.com/kubetail-org/asdf-kubetail.git
asdf install kubetail latest

# Homebrew
brew install kubetail

# Krew
kubectl krew install kubetail

# Snap
sudo snap install kubetail

# Ubuntu/Mint (apt)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubetail/kubetail
sudo apt update && sudo apt install kubetail-cli

# Fedora/CentOS/RHEL/Amazonlinux/Mageia (copr)
dnf copr enable kubetail/kubetail
dnf install kubetail

# SUSE (zypper)
zypper addrepo 'https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/kubetail/$releasever/' kubetail
zypper refresh && zypper install kubetail-cli

# Alpine (apk)
apk add kubetail --repository=https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing

# Arch (AUR)
yay -S --noconfirm kubetail-cli

# Gentoo (GURU)
ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="~$(portageq envvar ARCH)" emerge dev-util/kubetail

# Nix (Flake)
nix profile add github:kubetail-org/kubetail-nix

# Nix (Classic)
nix-env -i -f https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail-nix/archive/refs/heads/main.tar.gz

# asdf
asdf plugin add kubetail https://github.com/kubetail-org/asdf-kubetail.git
asdf install kubetail latest

# Winget
winget install kubetail

# Krew
krew install kubetail

# Chocolatey
choco install kubetail

# Scoop
scoop install kubetail

If you prefer, you can also download it from the release binaries or use our install script:

curl -sS https://www.kubetail.com/install.sh | bash

Next steps

Start the web dashboard (GUI)

kubetail serve

View logs in your terminal

kubetail logs -f deployments/my-app

Enable advanced features (install Kubetail API)

kubetail cluster install

Initialize a local config file

kubetail config init