# Install tailspin with Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix, pacman, scoop, winget Log file highlighter. Version 7.0.0 via Homebrew; verified 2026-07-14. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install tailspin. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:tailspin ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install tailspin ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add tailspin ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tailspin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install tailspin ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: tailspin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#tailspin ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ta/tailspin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S tailspin ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: tailspin from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ### Windows - Scoop (92%): ```sh scoop install main/tailspin ``` Evidence: Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tailspin.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget (92%): ```sh winget install --id bensadeh.tailspin -e ``` Evidence: Windows Package Manager source index: bensadeh.tailspin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:tailspin - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Version:** 7.0.0 - **Source summary:** Log file highlighter - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Last updated:** 2026-07-14T10:13:49Z - **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00 ## Executables - tspin (alias) ## Install behavior - Bottle: not available ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-08-03 - Package-manager version: 7.0.0 ## Project history and usage tailspin is a Rust command-line log highlighter distributed as the `tspin` executable. Its upstream README presents it as a no-setup tool for viewing or tailing arbitrary log files while highlighting common log tokens such as dates, numbers, IP addresses, UUIDs, URLs, paths, keywords, and process names. ### Project history The project fits the modern Rust CLI pattern: a small terminal tool with sensible defaults, TOML customization, Cargo availability, and examples built around Unix pipelines. Its README emphasizes that tailspin does not assume a specific log format, which makes it useful across application, infrastructure, and Kubernetes log streams. ### Adoption history Upstream installation instructions list Homebrew, Cargo, Arch Linux, Nix, NetBSD, FreeBSD, and Scoop, showing that the tool moved beyond source builds into the package-manager channels used by command-line users on several platforms. ### How it is used Common usage is to run `tspin application.log`, pipe log output through `tspin`, or wrap a command such as `kubectl logs` with `--exec`. The README also documents integration with `less`, environment-variable extras, command-line highlights, and a user theme file. ### Why package nerds care Package maintainers care about tailspin because it is a compact example of the Rust terminal-tool wave: a single executable, cross-platform packaging, no required daemon or service, and a configuration file only for users who want themed highlighting. ### Timeline - Current upstream README: Documents `tspin` usage, multiple package-manager installs, and optional `~/.config/tailspin/theme.toml` customization. ### Related projects - tailspin is adjacent to classic pagers and log viewers such as `less`, but it focuses on syntax-style highlighting for generic logs rather than on indexing, querying, or storing log data. ### Sources - - source_facts.package-manager ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for tailspin. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## 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/tailspin/theme.toml ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - tailspin - 5.4.2~dfsg-1+b1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: tailspin from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | log file highlighter | https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin - Nix - tailspin: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ta/tailspin/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - tailspin - 2.0.0+dfsg-1: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: tailspin from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | log file highlighter | https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin - apk - tailspin - 7.0.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tailspin from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Log file highlighter | https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin - apk - tailspin-bash-completion - 7.0.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tailspin-bash-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Bash completions for tailspin | https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin - apk - tailspin-doc - 7.0.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tailspin-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Log file highlighter (documentation) | https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin - apk - tailspin-fish-completion - 7.0.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tailspin-fish-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Fish completions for tailspin | https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin - apk - tailspin-zsh-completion - 7.0.0-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: tailspin-zsh-completion from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/testing/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Zsh completions for tailspin | https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin - pacman - tailspin - 7.0.0-2: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: tailspin from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | A log file highlighter | https://github.com/bensadeh/tailspin - Scoop - main/tailspin: normalized package name match | Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/tailspin.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - winget - bensadeh.tailspin: normalized package name match | Windows Package Manager source index: bensadeh.tailspin from https://cdn.winget.microsoft.com/cache/source.msix ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/tailspin.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/tailspin.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