# Install clog with Homebrew, apt, MacPorts

Colorized pattern-matching log tail utility. Version 1.3.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install clog.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:clog
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install clog
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

- MacPorts (94%):

```sh
sudo port install clog
```

  Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: devel/clog/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1

### Linux

- Debian apt (92%):

```sh
sudo apt install clog
```

  Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: clog from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:clog
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 1.3.0
- **Source summary:** Colorized pattern-matching log tail utility
- **Homepage:** <https://gothenburgbitfactory.org/clog/docs/>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/clog>
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- clog (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 1.3.0
## Project history and usage

Clog is a small command-line filter for colorizing log streams, commonly used with tools such as tail -f so important log lines stand out in a terminal.

### Project history

The project is maintained under the Gothenburg Bit Factory organization, with official documentation hosted on gothenburgbitfactory.org and source code in the GothenburgBitFactory/clog GitHub repository.

### Adoption history

Package-manager adoption is modest but broad for a niche log utility: the input records Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and MacPorts package names, which fits a Unix-terminal workflow.

### How it is used

Users pipe a log stream into clog with a section name; rules in ~/.clogrc match patterns and apply color, match-only coloring, suppression, or blank-line output.

### Why package nerds care

Clog matters to package nerds as a focused example of the classic Unix filter model: it does one terminal task, keeps configuration in a dotfile, and composes with tail and other shell tools.

### Timeline

- 2022: GitHub releases list Clog 1.3.0 as the latest release.
- 2025: The official Clog documentation site remained published by Gothenburg Bit Factory.

### Related projects

- The official site links Clog alongside other Gothenburg Bit Factory projects such as Taskwarrior and Timewarrior.

### Sources

- <https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/clog#readme describes Clog as a filter that colorizes log files and documents ~/.clogrc.>
- <https://gothenburgbitfactory.org/clog/docs/ documents the official documentation set.>
- source_facts.package-manager lists Homebrew, Debian, Ubuntu, and MacPorts package names.


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals


## Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.


## Configuration files

- Unix: ~/.clogrc
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - clog - 1.3.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: clog from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | colorizing log tail utility | https://github.com/GothenburgBitFactory/clog
- Ubuntu apt - clog - 1.3.0-1.1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: clog from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | colorizing log tail utility | http://tasktools.org/projects/clog.html
- MacPorts - clog: normalized package name match | MacPorts ports tree: devel/clog/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/clog.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/clog.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph