browserlog

A Ktor plugin for browsing application logs in a web browser via Server-Sent Events (SSE).

Features

• Real-time log streaming via SSE
• Dark-themed web UI
• Automatic log level coloring (INFO, WARN, ERROR)
• Configurable endpoint and title

Add Dependency

Gradle (Kotlin DSL):

implementation("com.gitlab.ronsmits:browserlog:0.1.0")

Usage

1. Add Logback Appender

In your logback.xml or logback-spring.xml:

<appender name="HTML_STREAM" class="org.ronsmits.logbrowser.LogbackAppender" />
<root level="INFO">
    <appender-ref ref="HTML_STREAM"/>
</root>

2. Install Plugin

install(LogBrowser)

Or with custom configuration:

install(LogBrowser) {
    endpoint = "/my-logs"
    title = "My Application Logs"
}

Configuration

Property	Type	Default	Description
endpoint	String	/logs	URL endpoint for the log browser
title	String	Application Logs	Page title

Endpoints

• GET /logs - HTML UI
• GET /logs/stream - SSE stream
• GET /logs/ping - Test endpoint (logs a message)

License

MIT