LogDeck

Self-hosted logs, alerting and container management for Docker and Podman, in one Go binary. Logs are stored on disk so they survive restarts, rebuilds and removal. An MCP server and a CLI let scripts and AI agents read logs and act on containers.

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!LogDeck containers dashboard !LogDeck container logs

Quick start

docker run -d --name logdeck \
  -p 8123:8080 \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v /proc:/host/proc:ro \
  -v logdeck-data:/data \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  amoabakelvin/logdeck:latest

Open http://localhost:8123. Keep the logdeck-data volume: it holds the config, the stored logs and the alert history.

LogDeck starts without a login. Turn on authentication in Settings before exposing it beyond your machine. For Compose, multiple hosts, SSH and Podman, see the installation guide.

What it does

• Streams logs live and keeps them on disk, so docker compose up --build and removed containers no longer lose history
• Searches by text, regex and level across everything stored, with time ranges and pinned lines
• Starts, stops, restarts and removes containers or whole Compose stacks, with an interactive terminal
• Edits environment variables, memory and CPU limits and restart policies without recreating the container
• Alerts on container death, OOM kills and log patterns, to Slack, Discord, ntfy, Gotify, Telegram or any webhook
• Shows live CPU and memory per container, per host and for the machine running LogDeck
• Connects to many Docker or Podman hosts over a socket, TCP or SSH from one UI
• Ships a logdeck CLI and an MCP server so scripts and AI assistants see what the UI sees

CLI and MCP

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/AmoabaKelvin/logdeck/main/install.sh | sh
logdeck grep "connection refused"   # search recent logs of every running container
logdeck mcp                          # MCP server over stdio for Claude, Cursor, Claude Code

Both authenticate with a scoped API token from Settings: read can only look, admin can act. See the CLI reference and the MCP guide.

Learn more

• Log history: how storage, retention and the Removed filter work
• Alerting: rules, channels and cooldowns
• Configuration: every environment variable and the config file
• Multi-host and Podman setup notes
• LogDeck vs Dozzle

License

GPL-3.0. Free, no open-core paywall, no external services.