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SyslogWatch is a focused macOS app for receiving RFC 3164 and RFC 5424 syslog messages over UDP or TCP. Filter by severity, search live events, create keyword alerts, and keep logs locally on your Mac. The free version includes real-time monitoring and up to three alert rules. Optional Pro adds archived search, unlimited rules, and SMTP alerts.
I built SyslogWatch because testing and monitoring syslog traffic on a Mac often means using terminal commands or heavyweight cross-platform tools. I wanted a native, focused dashboard that makes incoming UDP and TCP events immediately visible while keeping log data local by default. The product evolved through real App Store testing with RFC 3164 and RFC 5424 messages, severity filtering, live search, alert rules, window recovery, and privacy-focused local storage.
Finally a syslog viewer that feels right on macOS, the live filter by severity is snappy and the keyword alerts actually caught something I would have missed during a deploy.
About SyslogWatch on Product Hunt
“Real-time UDP and TCP syslog monitoring for macOS”
SyslogWatch was submitted on Product Hunt and earned 3 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #160 on the daily leaderboard. SyslogWatch is a focused macOS app for receiving RFC 3164 and RFC 5424 syslog messages over UDP or TCP. Filter by severity, search live events, create keyword alerts, and keep logs locally on your Mac. The free version includes real-time monitoring and up to three alert rules. Optional Pro adds archived search, unlimited rules, and SMTP alerts.
SyslogWatch was featured in Developer Tools (517.5k followers), YouTube (17k followers) and Security (2.8k followers) on Product Hunt. Together, these topics include over 89.5k products, making this a competitive space to launch in.
Who hunted SyslogWatch?
SyslogWatch was hunted by Hulin Li. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
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