# Kubetail

> Kubetail is a free, open-source, real-time logging dashboard for Kubernetes. It lets you tail logs from all the containers in a workload (e.g. Deployment, DaemonSet) merged into a single chronological timeline, delivered to a browser or terminal.

Kubetail uses the Kubernetes API to fetch logs directly from your cluster, so it works out of the box without forwarding logs to an external service. It also tracks container lifecycle events to keep the log timeline in sync as containers start, stop, or get replaced.

## Key Features

- **Real-time log tailing** across multi-container workloads
- **Web dashboard** and **CLI** interfaces
- **Container lifecycle tracking** — follows logs seamlessly as containers restart or get replaced
- **Log search** powered by ripgrep (with optional cluster-side agent)
- **Multiple deployment topologies** — desktop, in-cluster, or Docker
- **Privacy-first** — logs never leave your cluster
- **Free and open source** (Apache 2.0)

## Links

- Website: https://www.kubetail.com
- Documentation: https://docs.kubetail.com
- GitHub: https://github.com/kubetail-org/kubetail
- Demo: https://demo.kubetail.com

## Documentation

- [Abridged documentation](https://docs.kubetail.com/llms-small.txt): a compact version of the full Kubetail documentation
- [Complete documentation](https://docs.kubetail.com/llms-full.txt): the full Kubetail documentation

## Optional

- [About Kubetail](https://www.kubetail.com/about): the story behind the project
- [FAQ](https://www.kubetail.com/faq): frequently asked questions
- [Blog](https://www.kubetail.com/blog): announcements and updates