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Install logdy with Homebrew, Nix

Web based real-time log viewer. Version 0.17.1 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-26. Also installable with nix: nix profile install nixpkgs#logdy.

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macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install logdy

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Nixverified · 92%

nix profile install nixpkgs#logdy

nixpkgs package indexes · pkgs/by-name/lo/logdy/package.nix · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Web based real-time log viewer

Project links

Commands and aliases

logdy

history

Project history and usage

Logdy is a lightweight single-binary log viewer that pipes terminal logs into a local web UI for real-time viewing, filtering, parsing, and exploration.

Project history

The official README presents Logdy as a local, zero-dependency single binary with an embedded web UI. Its release history in GitHub begins in early 2024, and the README identifies v0.17.0 as the June 2025 release line.

The project is implemented as a Go backend with embedded UI assets and can also be used as a Go library. Its release process publishes precompiled binaries for Linux, macOS, and Windows-style targets from GitHub releases.

Adoption history

Logdy is young compared with the other packages in this batch. Official project materials frame it around local developer productivity rather than fleet-scale log aggregation: piping `tail -f`, Node.js, Docker, Kubernetes, journalctl, or application output into a browser UI.

Package adoption is still narrow but visible: the supplied metadata records Homebrew and Nix packages, while the README documents Homebrew installation and direct binary downloads from GitHub releases.

How it is used

Typical use is `tail -f file.log | logdy`, `logdy follow app-out.log --full-read`, or `logdy stdin "npm run dev"`. The web UI defaults to localhost port 8080, and the CLI supports modes for stdin, files, sockets, REST forwarding, demos, and utility operations.

Logdy can accept an optional JSON UI config path with `--config`, but the path is user supplied rather than a documented default config-file location. It also exposes flags for an API key, UI password, append-to-file behavior, message buffer size, and analytics/update opt-outs.

Why package nerds care

Logdy represents the modern single-binary developer-tool pattern: a Go executable embeds a browser UI, ships cross-platform binaries, and becomes useful immediately through a pipe. Package managers make that workflow feel like installing grep or jq, even though the tool launches a local web app.

Timeline

2024: Early public GitHub releases begin, including v0.5.0 in February and v0.13.0 in July.
2025: v0.14.x, v0.15.0, v0.16.0, and v0.17.x releases are published.
2025: README identifies v0.17.0 as the June 1, 2025 latest-version announcement.

Related projects

tail, grep, awk, sed, jq, and less: command-line tools used by Logdy's README as workflow comparisons.
logdy-ui: the UI project embedded into the logdy-core binary.

Sources

https://github.com/logdyhq/logdy-core
https://github.com/logdyhq/logdy-core/releases
https://logdy.dev/docs/quick-start
https://logdy.dev/docs/reference/cli
source_facts.package-manager

security posture

Risk level: green

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risk classifier

green risk · low confidence · appliance

Why

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signals

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

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.

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`logdy`	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 version0.17.1

manager updated2026-07-26

local dataunknown

upstreamnot available

latest detectednot detected

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:logdy
Version	0.17.1
Package manager	Homebrew
Homepage	https://logdy.dev
Repository	https://github.com/logdyhq/logdy-core
Last updated	2026-07-26T13:41:02+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%

logdy

nix profile install nixpkgs#logdy

normalized package name match
Matched by: Logdy

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

source trail

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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.

combined/logdy.yml

Used sources

Geiger risk classifier
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
pkg.so package database
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