# 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.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:lazyjournal
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install lazyjournal
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

### Linux

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#lazyjournal
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/la/lazyjournal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:lazyjournal
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.8.6
- **Source summary:** TUI for logs from journalctl, file system, Docker, Podman and Kubernetes pods
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal>
- **Last updated:** 2026-07-26T13:40:59+02:00
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- lazyjournal (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.8.6
## 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

- <https://api.github.com/repos/Lifailon/lazyjournal>
- <https://github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal>
- <https://github.com/Lifailon/lazyjournal/releases>


## Security Notes

infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal.

- **Geiger risk:** orange / medium
- infrastructure mutation or orchestration signal


## 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: ~/.config/lazyjournal/config.yml, config.yml next to the executable, config.yml in the current working directory
## Other Package-Manager Records

- Nix - lazyjournal: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/la/lazyjournal/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1


## Combined YAML source

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