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Dozzle vs Kubetail: catalog facts
Dozzle	Kubetail
Free Free and open source under the MIT license.	Free Free and open source.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted, Command line
Small image with no database to maintain Regex and SQL search over live logs	Real-time logs in a browser or terminal Runs on the desktop, in a cluster or in Docker
Does not store logs or support offline searching of history Needs access to the Docker socket	Only works with Kubernetes Focused on logs rather than metrics or tracing
Self-hosted	Downloadable app, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License not stated
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 24, 2026

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