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Fast and powerful log viewer and processor. Version 0.36.3 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-13.
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Package summary
Fast and powerful log viewer and processor
Project links
Commands and aliases
- hl
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Project history and usage
hl is a Rust command-line log viewer and processor focused on transforming structured JSON and logfmt logs into readable terminal output, with filtering, sorting, live follow mode, pager integration, and theme/configuration support.
Project history
The pamburus/hl repository was created in August 2020. The README frames the project as a high-performance log viewer and processor for JSON and logfmt, built to parse and analyze large log files with minimal overhead.
The project grew around features that matter in terminal log work: field and level filtering, timestamp range filtering, hiding or revealing fields, multiline field handling, chronological sorting, follow mode, non-JSON prefix handling, timezone controls, configuration files, and environment variables.
Adoption history
hl's adoption is visible mainly through packaging and repository attention rather than a long institutional history. The README documents installation through Homebrew on macOS, release tarballs, Cargo from Git, Arch Linux packaging, Scoop on Windows, and Nix flakes.
The input package facts show Homebrew, Arch, and Scoop packaging. That is a useful cross-platform footprint for a log-inspection CLI whose audience is developers and operators working from terminals.
How it is used
Typical usage is piping or opening JSON/logfmt log files, filtering records by fields or levels, narrowing by time ranges, sorting messages chronologically, following multiple logs, and using a pager for exploration. The README examples also cover compressed log files and multiple-file concatenation.
Configuration files can be placed in system-wide or user profile locations on macOS, Linux, and Windows, and can be overridden with HL_CONFIG or --config.
Why package nerds care
hl is notable in the crowded CLI-log-tool niche because it targets structured application logs rather than raw unstructured text only. For package nerds, it is another example of a fast Rust terminal utility packaged across Homebrew, Arch, Scoop, Cargo, and Nix channels.
Its significance is practical rather than historical: it turns machine-oriented JSON/logfmt output into something readable without requiring a full log aggregation stack.
Timeline
- 2020-08-04: The pamburus/hl GitHub repository was created.
- 2021-01-07: Early v0.8.x GitHub releases were published.
- 2020s: README-documented packaging expanded across Homebrew, Arch Linux, Scoop, Cargo, release tarballs, and Nix flakes.
- 2020s: Configuration file support covered macOS, Linux, and Windows paths.
Related projects
- humanlog, hlogf, fblog: log-formatting tools named by hl's README in its performance comparison.
- less: the external pager hl integrates with when available.
- logfmt and JSON logging libraries: upstream log formats that hl is designed to consume.
Sources
- https://api.github.com/repos/pamburus/hl
- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pamburus/hl/master/README.md
- input: source_facts.package-manager
security posture
No protected-tool coverage found yet
No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for hl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.
Install behavior
- No Homebrew bottle metadata was recorded.
Recommended review
Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.
local files
Configuration and credential file locations
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Configuration files
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Linux
/etc/hl/config.{yaml,toml,json}~/.config/hl/config.{yaml,toml,json}- macOS
/etc/hl/config.{yaml,toml,json}~/.config/hl/config.{yaml,toml,json}- Windows
%PROGRAMDATA%\hl\config.{yaml,toml,json}%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\hl\config.{yaml,toml,json}
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
hl | executable | indexed executable | Discovered from the local executable index. |
freshness
Version and freshness
These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.
page generated2026-08-03
manager version0.36.3
manager updated2026-06-13
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:hl |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.36.3 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/pamburus/hl |
| Repository | https://github.com/pamburus/hl |
| Last updated | 2026-06-13T00:37:23Z |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source trail
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View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- Nucleus package database
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation