shaonmajumder/log-viewer

Reusable Laravel log viewer package with filtering, context expansion, and download support.

v0.0.29 2026-05-09 23:50 UTC

Requires

• php: ^8.0
• illuminate/routing: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0
• illuminate/support: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0
• illuminate/view: ^9.0|^10.0|^11.0

MIT

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🔥 Beautiful • Secure • Fast • Real-Time Friendly Laravel Log Viewer

✨ Features

🛡️ Security First

• 🔐 Admin-protected routes
• 🚫 Path traversal protection
• 🧠 Custom authorization callback
• 🧱 Middleware configurable

📄 Smart Log Discovery

Automatically detects:

• laravel.log
• laravel-YYYY-MM-DD.log
• rotated log files
• multiple Laravel log patterns

🎨 Beautiful Log Highlighting

Color-coded levels:

Level	Highlight
❌ ERROR	Red
⚠️ WARNING	Yellow
ℹ️ INFO	Blue
🐛 DEBUG	Gray

🌙 Theme Support

Built-in dark theme options:

• Dark Ink (default)
• Dark Graphite
• Dark Forest

Theme can be changed directly from the viewer header, and the selection is saved in browser localStorage.

🔍 Advanced Filtering

• 🔎 Full-text search
• 🎯 Level filtering
• 📌 Match-only mode
• ⚡ Instant filtering

🧠 Inline Context Expansion

Expand surrounding lines around matches:

• No Context
• ±2
• ±5
• ±10
• ±20

Perfect for debugging stack traces and exceptions.

⏱️ Tail Mode Support

View latest logs instantly:

• No Limit
• 100
• 300
• 500
• 1000
• 2000

📥 Filtered Download

Download:

• full logs
• filtered results
• contextual output

🔄 Auto Refresh Controls

• Live refresh
• Pause on scroll
• Smart refresh handling
• Developer-friendly UX

📦 Installation

✅ Packagist (Recommended)

composer require shaonmajumder/log-viewer

🧪 Local Development (Path Repository)

Add to your Laravel app:

{
  "repositories": [
    {
      "type": "path",
      "url": "../log-viewer"
    }
  ],
  "require": {
    "shaonmajumder/log-viewer": "*@dev"
  }
}

Then run:

composer update shaonmajumder/log-viewer

⚙️ Publish Configuration

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=log-viewer-config

Publish views:

php artisan vendor:publish --tag=log-viewer-views

🌐 Default Routes

Route	Description
/log-viewer	Main log viewer
/log-viewer/download	Download logs

🔧 Configuration

Published config:

config/log-viewer.php

Important Options

Option	Description
route_prefix	Route prefix
middleware	Route middleware
layout	Blade layout
heading	Viewer heading

🔒 Access Control

Default behavior is fixed: only logged-in users can access /log-viewer.

• If user is not logged in, package redirects to /login.
• If user is logged in, package allows access.
• This access rule is enforced in package controller logic and does not depend on per-project auth config toggles.

🖼️ Screenshots

![Main Viewer](assets/screenshots/log-viewer-main.png)

![Context Expansion](assets/screenshots/log-viewer-context.png)

![Auto Refresh](assets/screenshots/log-viewer-refresh.png)

🧱 Package Structure

src/
├── Http/
│   └── Controllers/
│       └── LaravelLogController.php
│
├── LaravelLogViewerServiceProvider.php

routes/
└── web.php

config/
└── log-viewer.php

resources/
└── views/
    └── index.blade.php

🛡️ Security Notes

⚠️ Never expose production logs publicly.

Recommended:

• protect with authentication
• enforce admin authorization
• restrict access internally only

🚀 Built For

✅ Production Laravel apps
✅ Admin panels
✅ DevOps dashboards
✅ Debugging tools
✅ Monitoring systems
✅ Internal engineering tools

❤️ Why This Package?

Most Laravel log viewers are:

• outdated
• unsafe
• slow
• ugly
• missing filtering/context tools

This package focuses on:

✅ Developer Experience
✅ Security
✅ Performance
✅ Clean UI
✅ Real-world production usage

📌 Compatibility

Framework	Supported
Laravel 9	✅
Laravel 10	✅
Laravel 11	✅

PHP Version	Supported
PHP 8+	✅

📄 License

MIT © Shaon Majumder

⭐ Support The Project

If this package helps you:

• ⭐ Star the repository
• 🍴 Fork it
• 🐛 Report issues
• 🚀 Contribute improvements

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