log_view
- Software
- Middleware
- Tool
A terminal ncurses viewer for ROS rosout log messages, letting you filter, search and navigate logs live or from rosbag2 files.
Made by Hatchbed, United States (checked on github.com/hatchbed (opens in a new tab)).
Source on GitHub: github.com/hatchbed/log_view (opens in a new tab). Facts read at commit 666b96b (opens in a new tab).
Licenses
- Code
- BSD-3-Clause (opens in a new tab)
Read by Robotheca from LICENSE (opens in a new tab) (BSD-3-Clause) at commit 666b96b (opens in a new tab), on 16 Oct 2026.
- Commercial use
- Yes
What it does
- Views rosout messages from a live ROS topic or from one or more rosbag2 bag files, sorted chronologically.
- Filters messages by log level, node, include text, exclude text, and bag source.
- Searches text in literal, regex, or template pattern modes and jumps between matches.
- Optionally persists log messages to timestamped files under the workspace and reloads them on startup.
- Copies selected log messages to the clipboard and offers limited mouse support.
Written by Robotheca from the project's README (opens in a new tab) at commit 666b96b.
Getting started
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- How to start
- The project's README (opens in a new tab)
Maintenance
- Status
- Maintained: a commit in the last 12 months
- Newest commit
- 31 May 2026 on ros2
- Latest release
- None published on GitHub
Checked on GitHub on 16 Oct 2026.
Links
Robots that can run it
No robot on Robotheca is linked to it yet. Links come from a robot's robot.yaml, from its dependency files read as text, or from Robotheca's editors.
Robotheca lists software as a reference: nothing is hosted or run here, and every fact links to where it was read.