Installation

Weitere Installationsbefehle

macOS

Homebrewverifiziert · 100%

brew install colortail

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Debian aptverifiziert · 92%

sudo apt install colortail

Debian stable package indexes · colortail · Quelle: deb.debian.org

Überblick

Paketzusammenfassung

Like tail(1), but with various colors for specified output

Projektlinks

Befehle und Aliase

colortail

Verlauf

Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

Colortail is a Unix log-watching utility that follows files like `tail` while applying colors to lines or line fragments matched by regular expressions.

Projektgeschichte

Joakim Ek's README says the idea came from watching multiple log files in an IRC session and wanting unusual lines to stand out quickly. Version 0.1 used a simpler wildcard-style configuration, version 0.2 moved to regular expressions, and later patch activity led to a C++ rewrite.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The README credits external patches for multicolored lines, FreeBSD and OpenBSD compatibility, Debian packaging, and 64-bit testing. The supplied package-manager metadata lists Homebrew, Debian, and Ubuntu, reflecting a small but persistent Unix utility footprint.

Wie es verwendet wird

Users run `colortail` against one or more log files and pass config files with `-k`; a single config can apply globally, or multiple comma-separated configs can be mapped to multiple tailed files.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

Colortail is package-nerd useful because it preserves the mental model of `tail -f` while adding configurable color rules. It predates many modern log viewers and remains a compact example of log highlighting as a Unix filter-style tool.

Zeitleiste

2000s: Initial versions evolved from wildcard matching to regular-expression matching.
2009: README for Colortail 0.3.5 carries Joakim Ek copyright notice.
2009: README credits Debian packaging and portability patches from contributors.

Related projects

Colortail is directly related to `tail`, `regex(7)`, syslog-style log files, and terminal color highlighting tools.

Quellen

Sicherheitslage

Risikostufe: grün

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

Risikoklassifikator

grün Risiko · niedrig Konfidenz · appliance

Warum

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

Signale

metadata:no-higher-risk-signals

Installationsverhalten

In den Formelmetadaten ist kein Homebrew-Post-install-Hook erfasst.
Homebrew-Bottle-Metadaten sind für 8 Plattformziele verfügbar.

Empfohlene Prüfung

Prüfe vor unbeaufsichtigter Agent-Nutzung, ob das Tool Klartext-Credentials liest, Remote-Zustand schreibt, Artefakte veröffentlicht oder Plugins ausführt.

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ~/.colortail/

Executables

Installierte Executables

Befehl	Art	Sichtbarkeit	Hinweis
`colortail`	cli	globales Executable

Aktualität

Version und Aktualität

Diese Signale trennen das Alter der Seitengenerierung, Aktivität des Paketmanagers und Upstream-Release-Vergleich. Versionsrückstand wird nur gemeldet, wenn eine Evidenz-URL und vergleichbare Versionen vorhanden sind.

Seite generiert2026-07-25

Manager-Version0.3.5

Manager aktualisiert

lokale DatenOK

Upstreamnot checked

neueste erkannte Versionnicht erkannt

https://github.com/joakim666/colortail

InfoNo package-manager update timestamp was available.niedrig Konfidenz
InfoNo cached GitHub release or tag data was available.https://github.com/joakim666/colortailnone Konfidenz

Installationsmetadaten

Paketmetadaten

Paketschlüssel	brew:colortail
Version	0.3.5
Paketmanager	Homebrew
Paketmanager-Seite	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/colortail
Homepage	https://github.com/joakim666/colortail
Repository	https://github.com/joakim666/colortail
Upstream-Dokumentation	https://github.com/joakim666/colortail#readme
Lizenz	GPL-2.0-or-later
Quellarchiv	https://github.com/joakim666/colortail/releases/download/0.3.5/colortail-0.3.5.tar.gz
Bottle	verfügbar (auf arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	nicht definiert
Dienst	keiner deklariert

Registry-Fakten

Details aus der Quelldatenbank

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	colortail
Version Scheme	0
Revision	0
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	no
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	stable

Source-Datenbank-Treffer

Andere Paketmanager-Einträge

Treffer stammen aus externen Paketmanager-Indizes und bleiben von lokalen Automic-Vault-Paketlinks getrennt.

Debian apt95%

colortail 0.3.4+git20191125.ad3bc53-1

log colorizer that makes log checking easier

https://github.com/joakim666/colortail

sudo apt install colortail

Section: utils
Architecture: amd64
3 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Colortail

Debian stable package indexes · deb.debian.org · Debian stable package indexes: colortail from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz

Ubuntu apt95%

colortail 0.3.3-1build2

log colorizer that makes log checking easier

http://joakimandersson.se/projects/colortail/

sudo apt install colortail

Section: universe/utils
Architecture: amd64
3 Abhängigkeiten
normalized package name match
Abgeglichen nach: Colortail

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes · archive.ubuntu.com · Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: colortail from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz

Paketgraph

Links stammen aus dem lokalen Paketbeziehungsgraph, Ergänzungen, Abhängigkeitskanten, Ecosystem-Matches und Paket-Hub-Mitgliedschaft.

Quellspur

Aus Repository-Daten generiert

Diese Seite wird von av-web aus dem privaten Paket-SQLite-Artefakt bereitgestellt, das scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py erstellt.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/colortail.yml

Verwendete Quellen

Geiger risk classifier
Nucleus package database
av.db category and tag curation
cross-ecosystem install command graph
curated configuration and credential file locations
curated package history
external package-manager database matches
package relationship graph
package version freshness
package-page enrichment

colortail mit Homebrew, apt installieren