Show HN: Telescope – an open-source web-based log viewer for logs in ClickHouse

I wasn’t happy with existing log viewers - most of them force a specific log format, are tied to ingestion pipelines, or are just a small part of a larger platform. Others didn’t display logs the way I wanted.

So I decided to build my own lightweight, flexible log viewer - one that actually fits my needs.

Check it out:

    Video demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IItMOXwugY

    GitHub: https://github.com/iamtelescope/telescope

    Live demo: https://telescope.humanuser.net

    Discord: https://discord.gg/rXpjDnEc

Show HN: Telescope – an open-source web-based log viewer for logs in ClickHouse
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Regarding the name, "Telescope" is also the name of a Neovim fuzzy finder[0] that dominates the ecosystem there. Other results appear by searching "telescope github".

[0]: https://github.com/nvim-telescope/telescope.nvim

I need a central place, something simple where I can actually read the contents of the logs that are generated by the dozen of services that I run for clients, etc… instead of stupidly SSH’ing to every server.

Does this fit the use case?

I tried Loki once but it was painful to set up and more geared toward aggregating events and stats.

Viewer looks pretty good though. Reminds me of DataDog UI, but not as slow. Will play around more, thanks!