Compact Log Viewer

Reading JSON log files is an operation that can be achieved with the help of most basic text editors. However, there are a lot of aspects that a typical text editor cannot fully exploit and reveal, which is exactly why Compact Log Viewer was created.

In short Compact Log Viewer is a cross-platform developer-oriented utility for reading, searching for, and filtering logs stored in CLEF files (Compact Log Event Format) created by Serilog, a relatively new logging framework that records diagnostic logs into files.

The application provides its users with an easy-to-read oversight of the total number of errors and the quantity of each log level. Not only this, but developers can also perform complex searches, and filter expressions based on various.

It can be effortlessly installed from the Microsoft Store, and it does not require any sort of pre or post-configuration to work. Working with the application is pretty straightforward: once a .CLEF file has been added (files can be loaded either via the File Explorer or directly via drag and drop), the app displays the required information in two main areas.

On the left side, users can view various useful info about the logs such as timestamp, level, and potential messages, while on the right, the app displays the number of errors and a pie-chart representation of the level count.

Searching for logs can be done from the bespoke section in the upper part of Compact Log Viewer’s main window. The app also features a typical menu bar. From the File menu, you can open or close logs, reload recently opened logs, or export the file as TXT.

To conclude, Compact Log Viewer is very uncomplicated yet highly efficient, little utility that will definitely come in handy to a select few developers who require a fast way of reading logs stored in CLEF files.