Can I see the logs of a crashed container?

Yes: Previous run shows the log from before the last restart.

Can I see the logs of all pods of a Deployment?

Yes, with Pro: up to 50 pods merged by time; pick a container or one pod to narrow it.

Container logs are free; workload logs are part of Pro, free for 14 days, no card.

Does it need a logging stack in the cluster?

No. It reads logs from the API server, as kubectl logs does.

Kubernetes log viewer

Kubernetes logs without kubectl logs -f

Follow a container's log, jump to the run before the last restart and search it, or merge every pod of a Deployment into one stream.

Download for macOS

brew install --cask aleksskoz/tap/kubedrive

macOS 13 or later · Apple silicon and Intel · signed and notarized by Apple

Download for Windowsx64 · Arm64

Windows 10 1809 or later, Windows 11 · not code-signed yet: More info → Run anyway

Download .deb Download .rpmArm64: .deb · .rpm

sudo apt install ./kubedrive_0.6.7_amd64.deb

Debian 13, Ubuntu 24.04, Fedora 40 and newer · GTK 4 and WebKitGTK 6.0 come as dependencies

Free forever for two clusters · Pro free for 14 days, no card

The merged logs of a Deployment's three pods in KubeDrive, each line prefixed with its pod in its own colour

Follow and search

Choose the container, init and debug ones included, the number of lines, timestamps and wrapping; Enter and Shift+Enter move between matches.

Previous run

The log from before the last restart, where a crash loop's reason usually is.

A whole workload at oncePro

A Deployment, StatefulSet, DaemonSet, ReplicaSet, Job or Service merges up to 50 pods by time, each line prefixed with its pod in its own colour; new pods join the stream.

Long logs stay fast

Very long logs keep the newest lines and say how many old ones were dropped.

One click to copy

The loaded log, ready for a ticket.

Questions

Can I see the logs of a crashed container?: Yes: Previous run shows the log from before the last restart.
Can I see the logs of all pods of a Deployment?: Yes, with Pro: up to 50 pods merged by time; pick a container or one pod to narrow it.
Is it free?: Container logs are free; workload logs are part of Pro, free for 14 days, no card.
Does it need a logging stack in the cluster?: No. It reads logs from the API server, as kubectl logs does.

Logs in the guide →

Use cases

Try it on your largest namespace.

Free for two clusters of any size. No account, no card: open KubeDrive and pick a context.