Monkey Log Viewer

Programming, testing, and other technical operations usually provide export options for status reports in the form of log files. These can simply be under the TXT format, CSV, and more. In this regard, Monkey Log Viewer wants to make it easy to analyze log files, with clever highlighters for different attributes, and export options.

Intuitive design, and multi-document support

The visual design is clean, allowing individuals of all levels of experience to quickly get the hang of things. Following an IDE-like pattern, line numbering on the side makes it easy to track log entries. Not only this, but there’s a built-in function to jump to specific lines, or simply look for a specific text string, either through the file menu, or toolbar field.
Files can either be dragged over the main window, or opened through the browse dialog. A neat advantage here is the possibility to open multiple log files at a time, each showing up in its own tab. In case you just extracted data from an ongoing process, a dedicated function creates a new tab with the current clipboard content.

New logs from clipboard, and attribute highlighter

Although direct editing of log files is not possible, the application supports several visual tweaks. For instance, displayed text benefits from rich customization options regarding font style, type, attributes, color and size. Moreover, a general zoom function can be used on the entire page.
To make analysis easier, the application comes with built-in highlighters for agents, reports, or miscellaneous info fields, depending on associated tabs. The entire row is highlighted, but this feature can be turned on or off for each type of filter at the press of a button.
During analysis, you can copy selection of text, but the application lacks an option to paste anything, or leave comments. As far as saving is concerned, the supported format is HTML, with the additional option to print.

A few last words

On an ending note, Monkey Log Viewer is an intuitive tool which provides simple means for exploring multiple log files. Tab support adds a lot to flexibility, while attribute highlighting makes it easy to track info fields. Although there’s no direct editing involved, new files can be created from clipboard content, and saved as HTML.