Command-line tool

tailspin

brew/tailspin

Checked 25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC · Listing refreshed from Homebrew, winget, npm, Scoop and cargo; npm packages checked against OSV.dev

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Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

winget install --id bensadeh.tailspin -e
scoop install tailspin

macOS

brew install tailspin

Linux

brew install tailspin

View a log file using the default pager (`less`)

tspin path/to/file.log

Read from another command and print to `stdout`

command | tspin

Read from a file and print to `stdout` without paging

tspin path/to/file.log -p

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