install

Additional install commands

macOS

Homebrewverified · 100%

brew install hl

local Homebrew formula metadata

Linux

Arch Linux pacmanverified · 92%

sudo pacman -S hl

Arch Linux sync databases · hl · source: geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com

Windows

Scoopverified · 92%

scoop install main/hl

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/hl.json · source: api.github.com

overview

Package summary

Fast and powerful log viewer and processor

Project links

Commands and aliases

hl

history

Project history and usage

hl is a Rust command-line log viewer and processor focused on transforming structured JSON and logfmt logs into readable terminal output, with filtering, sorting, live follow mode, pager integration, and theme/configuration support.

Project history

The pamburus/hl repository was created in August 2020. The README frames the project as a high-performance log viewer and processor for JSON and logfmt, built to parse and analyze large log files with minimal overhead.

The project grew around features that matter in terminal log work: field and level filtering, timestamp range filtering, hiding or revealing fields, multiline field handling, chronological sorting, follow mode, non-JSON prefix handling, timezone controls, configuration files, and environment variables.

Adoption history

hl's adoption is visible mainly through packaging and repository attention rather than a long institutional history. The README documents installation through Homebrew on macOS, release tarballs, Cargo from Git, Arch Linux packaging, Scoop on Windows, and Nix flakes.

The input package facts show Homebrew, Arch, and Scoop packaging. That is a useful cross-platform footprint for a log-inspection CLI whose audience is developers and operators working from terminals.

How it is used

Typical usage is piping or opening JSON/logfmt log files, filtering records by fields or levels, narrowing by time ranges, sorting messages chronologically, following multiple logs, and using a pager for exploration. The README examples also cover compressed log files and multiple-file concatenation.

Configuration files can be placed in system-wide or user profile locations on macOS, Linux, and Windows, and can be overridden with HL_CONFIG or --config.

Why package nerds care

hl is notable in the crowded CLI-log-tool niche because it targets structured application logs rather than raw unstructured text only. For package nerds, it is another example of a fast Rust terminal utility packaged across Homebrew, Arch, Scoop, Cargo, and Nix channels.

Its significance is practical rather than historical: it turns machine-oriented JSON/logfmt output into something readable without requiring a full log aggregation stack.

Timeline

2020-08-04: The pamburus/hl GitHub repository was created.
2021-01-07: Early v0.8.x GitHub releases were published.
2020s: README-documented packaging expanded across Homebrew, Arch Linux, Scoop, Cargo, release tarballs, and Nix flakes.
2020s: Configuration file support covered macOS, Linux, and Windows paths.

Related projects

humanlog, hlogf, fblog: log-formatting tools named by hl's README in its performance comparison.
less: the external pager hl integrates with when available.
logfmt and JSON logging libraries: upstream log formats that hl is designed to consume.

Sources

https://api.github.com/repos/pamburus/hl
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/pamburus/hl/master/README.md
input: source_facts.package-manager

security posture

No protected-tool coverage found yet

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for hl. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.

Install behavior

No Homebrew post-install hook is recorded in formula metadata.
Homebrew bottle metadata is available for 6 platform targets.
Build metadata lists 1 build dependencies.

Recommended review

Before unattended agent use, check whether the tool reads plaintext credentials, writes remote state, publishes artifacts, or shells out to plugins.

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.

Linux: /etc/hl/config.{yaml,toml,json}~/.config/hl/config.{yaml,toml,json}
macOS: /etc/hl/config.{yaml,toml,json}~/.config/hl/config.{yaml,toml,json}
Windows: %PROGRAMDATA%\hl\config.{yaml,toml,json}%USERPROFILE%\AppData\Roaming\hl\config.{yaml,toml,json}

executables

Installed executables

Command	Kind	Exposure	Note
`hl`	cli	global executable

freshness

Version and freshness

These signals separate page generation age, package-manager activity, and upstream release comparison. Version lag is warned only when an evidence URL and comparable versions are present.

page generated2026-07-08

manager version0.36.3

manager updated2026-06-13

local dataok

upstreamcurrent

latest detectedv0.36.3

https://github.com/pamburus/hl

okNo freshness warnings were generated.

install metadata

Package metadata

Package key	brew:hl
Version	0.36.3
Package manager	Homebrew
Package manager page	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/hl
Homepage	https://github.com/pamburus/hl
Repository	https://github.com/pamburus/hl
Upstream docs	https://github.com/pamburus/hl#readme
License	MIT
Source archive	https://github.com/pamburus/hl/archive/refs/tags/v0.36.3.tar.gz
Last updated	2026-06-13T00:37:23Z
Pulse	updated
Build dependencies	rust
Bottle	available (on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	not defined
Service	none declared

registry facts

Source database details

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

source database matches

Other package-manager records

Matches are pulled from external package-manager indexes and kept separate from local Automic Vault package links.

pacman95%

hl 0.36.1-1

A fast and powerful log viewer and processor

https://github.com/pamburus/hl

sudo pacman -S hl

License: MIT
Architecture: x86_64
1 dependencies
normalized package name match
Matched by: Hl

Arch Linux sync databases · geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com · Arch Linux sync databases: hl from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz

Scoop95%

main/hl

scoop install main/hl

normalized package name match
Matched by: Hl

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · api.github.com · Scoop official bucket manifest trees: bucket/hl.json from https://api.github.com/repos/ScoopInstaller/Main/git/trees/master?recursive=1

package graph

Links come from deterministic package relationships, av.db category and tag curation, ecosystem matches, and package hub membership.

source trail

Generated from repository data

This page is generated by av-web from the private package SQLite artifact built by scripts/generate-pkg-sqlite.py.

Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub.

combined/hl.yml

Used sources

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

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