LogExpert

This is a clone from (no longer exists) https://logexpert.codeplex.com/

Overview

LogExpert is a Windows feature rich tail program (a GUI replacement for the Unix tail command) with support for plugins, highlighting, filtering, bookmarking, columnizing and more.

Summary of (most) features:

• Tail mode
• MDI-Interface with Tabs
• Search function (including RegEx)
• Bookmarks
• A very flexible filter view and possibility to filter to tab
• Highlighting lines via search criteria
• Triggers (e.g. create Bookmark or execute a plugin) via search criteria
• Columnizers: Plugins which split log lines into columns
• Unicode support
• log4j XML file support
• 3rd party plugin support
• Plugin API for more log file data sources
• Automatical determine columnizer with given file name and content (Experimental)
• Serilog.Formatting.Compact format support (Experimental)
• Portable (all options / settings saved in application startup directory)

Download

• Follow the Link and download the latest package. Just extract it where you want and execute the application or download the Setup and install it
• Install via chocolatey choco install logexpert
• get the Nuget package Link dotnet add package logexpert --version 1.30.0
• the ColumnizerLib can also be downloaded via nuget Link dotnet add package ColumnizerLib --version 1.21.0

Requirements

• https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download
• .NET 10 (https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/thank-you/runtime-desktop-10.0.0-windows-x64-installer)

CI

This is a continous integration build. So always the latest and greates changes. It should be stable but no promises. Can be viewed as Beta.

CI Download

How to Build

• Clone / Fork / Download the source code
• Open the Solution (src/LogExpert.sln) with Visual Studio 2026 (e.g. Community Edition)
• Restore Nuget Packages on Solution
• Build
• The output is under bin/(Debug/Release)/

Nuke.build Requirements

• Chocolatey must be installed
• Optional for Setup Inno Script 6.6.1

Resources / Translations

If you want to contribute translations or add new languages please use the ResXResourceManager Extension to add new or missing translations for either German / English. With this extension its easy to add a new language as well: ResXResourceManager

After creating a new language resource please create a new pull request.

Pull Request

• Use Development branch as target

FAQ / HELP / Informations / Examples

Please checkout the wiki for FAQ / HELP / Informations / Examples

High DPI

• dont use AutoScaleMode for single GUI controls like Buttons etc.
• dont use AutoScaleDimensions for single GUI controls like Buttons etc.

https://github.com/LogExperts/LogExpert/wiki

Discord Server

https://discord.gg/SjxkuckRe9

Credits

Contributors

This project exists thanks to all the people who contribute.

Made with contrib.rocks.