LogRaker v1.26 Documentation

LogRaker is a native macOS app for monitoring log output from files - local or remote - in real time. Pick a source, point it at a file, and the lines arrive in a live tail.

Topics

• Getting Started - first launch, adding your first source.
• Local System Sources - tailing files on your own Mac.
• SSH Sources - tailing files on a remote host over SSH.
• GCP & Firebase Sources - tailing Google Cloud Logging output for a GCP project or a Firebase project.
• AWS CloudWatch Sources - live-tailing log groups in Amazon CloudWatch.
• Amazon S3 Sources - polling a bucket for delivered log objects (ALB, CloudTrail, CloudFront, Firehose).
• Supabase Sources - following a Supabase project's API, Postgres, Auth, and function logs.
• SSH Key Manager - create SSH keys and install them on your servers without Terminal.
• Streams - what a stream is and how to configure it.
• Stream Groups - organize a source's streams into nestable folders in the sidebar.
• Journal Streams (journald) - follow a host's systemd journal over SSH with journalctl instead of tailing a file.
• Layouts - multi-pane views of several streams side by side.
• Monitors - pattern-matched watchers that highlight lines you care about across many streams, plus the desktop widget.
• Desktop Widgets - keep an eye on your Monitors right on the Mac desktop and in Notification Center.
• Automation with Shortcuts & Siri - drive and read LogRaker from the Shortcuts app, Siri, and Spotlight.
• Keyboard Shortcuts - the full shortcut reference.
• Settings - defaults for new streams, timestamp display, trusted SSH hosts, the MCP server for AI agents, and your license.
• MCP Server - let AI agents like Claude Code list your streams, read live tails, and search scrollback over the local Model Context Protocol.
• iCloud Sync - keep your sources, streams, and credentials in sync across your Macs, and how your credentials are protected.
• Troubleshooting - common issues and how to resolve them.

Editions

The same LogRaker codebase ships in two flavors:

• App Store Edition - sandboxed, from the Mac App Store. Reads files you pick via the standard open panel, including hidden directories like ~/.ssh/. Cannot reach system-restricted paths like /var/log/ or TCC-protected user vaults.

• Web Edition - notarized direct download from the website. Not sandboxed. Can read anywhere your user account can read.

The edition is shown in the Welcome window and the About panel.

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