nself logs

View and filter service logs with color and formatting.

Synopsis

nself logs [SERVICE] [flags]

Description

nself logs streams or displays logs from one or all ɳSelf services. Without a service name, it interleaves logs from all running services. Pass a service name as a positional argument to filter to that service. Use --service (repeatable) to target multiple specific services.

Output is colorized by level: errors in red, warnings in yellow, info in green. Use --follow for live streaming; press Ctrl+C to exit cleanly. Use --quiet to suppress healthcheck noise and focus on application-level events. Use --plain or redirect stdout to a file when piping output to other tools.

The --status, --summary, and --top flags provide aggregate views without raw log output, useful for quick operational checks.

Flags

Flag	Default	Description
--follow, -f	false	Follow log output (live streaming)
--tail, -n	10	Number of lines to show
--more	false	Show last 50 lines
--all	false	Show last 100 lines
--since	""	Show logs since a time (e.g. 1h, 30m, or RFC3339)
--until	""	Show logs until a time (e.g. 1h or RFC3339)
--errors, -e	false	Show only error lines
--level, -l	""	Filter by minimum level: debug, info, warn, error
--search, -s	""	Substring search pattern (case-insensitive)
--grep	""	Regex pattern filter
--service, -S	[]	Filter by service name; repeatable for multiple services
--json	false	Structured JSON output per line
--compact, -c	false	Compact output: [service] message
--quiet, -q	false	Filter out healthcheck noise
--plain	false	Plain output with no highlighting, for piping
--no-color	false	Disable colored output
--status	false	Show service status overview
--summary	false	Show recent errors by service
--top	false	Show most active services
--help, -h	—	Show help

Examples

# Last 10 lines from all services
nself logs

# Follow all logs live
nself logs -f

# Last 10 lines from a single service
nself logs hasura

# Follow postgres logs
nself logs -f postgres

# Show last 100 lines
nself logs --all

# Only error lines
nself logs -e

# Logs from the last hour
nself logs --since 1h

# Logs between one hour ago and thirty minutes ago
nself logs --since 1h --until 30m

# Filter to two specific services
nself logs -S hasura -S postgres

# Structured JSON output for log aggregation
nself logs --json

# Regex filter for timeout errors
nself logs --grep "error.*timeout"

# Plain output for piping to grep
nself logs --plain | grep migration

# Quick status overview
nself logs --status

# Recent errors by service
nself logs --summary

# Most active services
nself logs --top

Exit Codes

Code	Meaning
0	Success
1	No ɳSelf project found in current directory or parents
1	No containers running (stack not started)
1	Docker compose error

See Also

• cmd-status, check stack health and service states
• cmd-health, run health checks against all services
• cmd-restart, restart one or more services
• Commands, full command index

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