title: HTML5/websockets/javascript based real-time logfile viewer?
body: <p>Im looking for the equivalent of "tail -f" that runs in a browser using html5 or javascript. </p>
  
  <p>A solution would need a client side code written in HTML5/websockets/javascript and a back-end server side application. Im looking for one in c# but i'm willing to rewrite it from php or python.</p>
  
  <p>This is the only thing that i've seen that comes close is</p>
  
  <p><a href="http://commavee.com/2007/04/13/ajax-logfile-tailer-viewer/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://commavee.com/2007/04/13/ajax-logfile-tailer-viewer/</a></p>
  
  <p>However, modern browsers have WebSockets which makes the problem much simpler. </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.websocket.org/echo.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.websocket.org/echo.html</a></p>
  
  <p>Ideally, I would like to have some of the capabilities of BareTail </p>
  
  <p><a href="http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.baremetalsoft.com/baretail/</a></p>
  
  <p>Such as Color Coding of lines, sorting and multi-file tabbing.</p>
  
  <p>I have located a similar posting where someone is looking for windows based log file programs</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/113121/best-tail-log-file-visualization-freeware-tool">https://stackoverflow.com/questions/113121/best-tail-log-file-visualization-freeware-tool</a></p>
  
  <p>Anyone have any suggestions?</p>