Tailing Log Files on Windows

This is a simple Log File Viewer to show any Log File but optimized for files written by the NLog framework.

I regularly want to tail the log file to watch it as it starts up or to see the log in action when I am testing something.

+1 on Tailviewer as a Windows log viewer. It's fast to install, seems lightweight, and is working well for me so far.

Tailviewer is a free and active open-source log file viewer. Tailviewer is supported on Windows 7, 8 and 10 and requires .NET 4.7.1 or higher.

LogExpert is a Windows tail program (a GUI replacement for the Unix tail command). Summary of (most) features: Tail mode; MDI-Interface with Tabs ... License · README.md · Build.sh

Tailviewer is a log file viewer for Windows that allows you to view text based log files both offline and in real-time. It is easy to use, incredibly fast and ...

On windows how can I easily monitor a log file and see updates to the file in real time? Basically, same functionality like tail -f log_file on Unix systems.

SnakeTail is a Windows tail utility for monitoring growing text log files. Download Latest Version · Report Bugs and Feature Requests. Feature list: Monitor ...

I prefer BareTail and BareTailPro by Bare Metal Soft. You can highlight lines that contain certain strings and it is very quick to get going.

Looking for a better way to tail log files? LogViewPlus is a professional log viewer that can tail, filter, parse, read and analyze log files in a variety ...