macOS
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Install lazyjournal with Homebrew, Nix
TUI for logs from journalctl, file system, Docker, Podman and Kubernetes pods. Version 0.8.6 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#lazyjournal.
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Linux
Nixverified · 92%
nix profile install nixpkgs#lazyjournalnixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/la/lazyjournal/package.nix · source: api.github.com
overview
Package summary
TUI for logs from journalctl, file system, Docker, Podman and Kubernetes pods
Project links
Commands and aliases
- lazyjournal
history
Project history and usage
lazyjournal is a Go terminal UI for browsing and filtering logs from journald, auditd, local log files, Docker, Podman, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, Windows Event Logs, and remote hosts over SSH.
Project history
The GitHub repository was created on 2024-11-12. The README frames lazyjournal as part of the 'lazy' terminal UI lineage, explicitly citing LazyDocker and LazyGit as inspirations while applying the same keyboard-driven workflow to system and container logs.
Adoption history
By 2026-06-03, GitHub repository metadata reported 1,312 stars, and the README listed packaging through Homebrew, conda-forge, Arch AUR, an Ubuntu PPA, Docker Hub, and GitHub releases.
How it is used
The tool is used as an interactive log viewer: users run `lazyjournal`, choose a source such as journalctl, Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, or files under /var/log, and filter output with exact, fuzzy, regex, or date filters.
Why package nerds care
lazyjournal matters to package-manager users because it packages a broad log-inspection workflow as a single Go binary while still exposing native Unix tools and platform log systems underneath.
Timeline
- 2024-11-12: GitHub repository created.
- 2025-12-01: Release 0.8.2 published.
- 2026-03-16: Release 0.8.6 published.
Related projects
- The README names LazyDocker and LazyGit as inspirations and documents integrations with journalctl, auditd, Docker, Podman, Kubernetes, rsyslog, SSH, and optional log highlighters such as tailspin and bat.
Sources
security posture
Risk level: orange
infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.
Risk classifier
orange risk · medium confidence · infrastructure
Why
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal
Signals
- text:kubernetes
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
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
Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.
- Unix
~/.config/lazyjournal/config.ymlconfig.yml next to the executableconfig.yml in the current working directory
executables
Installed executables
| Command | Kind | Exposure | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
lazyjournal | 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 version0.8.6
manager updated2026-07-26
local dataunknown
upstreamnot available
latest detectednot detected
- okNo freshness warnings were generated.
install metadata
Package metadata
| Package key | brew:lazyjournal |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.6 |
| Package manager | Homebrew |
| Homepage | https://github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal |
| Repository | https://github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal |
| Last updated | 2026-07-26T13:40:59+02:00 |
| Pulse | updated |
| Bottle | not recorded |
| Service | none declared |
source database matches
Other package-manager records
Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.
Nix95%
lazyjournal
nix profile install nixpkgs#lazyjournal- normalized package name match
- Matched by: Lazyjournal
source trail
Generated from repository data
This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.
Combined YAML source
View the package source record on GitHub.
Used sources
- Geiger risk classifier
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- curated package history
- external package-manager database matches
- pkg.so package database
- pkgdb category and tag curation