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Stern vs Dozzle: catalog facts
Stern	Dozzle
Free Free to download, with source published on GitHub.	Free Free and open source under the MIT license.
Command line	Web, Self-hosted
Follows many pods and containers in one stream Colour-coded output per source	Small image with no database to maintain Regex and SQL search over live logs
Terminal only, with no graphical interface Needs access to a Kubernetes cluster	Does not store logs or support offline searching of history Needs access to the Docker socket
Downloadable app	Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License not stated	License: MIT
No account needed	No account needed
Not stated if it works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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