stdout. API logging for humans. Your logs, readable.

API LOGGING FOR HUMANS ISSUE 001 / JUL 2026 3 COLORS · 2 FONTS · 1 PIPE FREE TIER SHIPS TODAY

stdout takes the JSON your API spews and sets it in columns you can scan. One binary, one pipe. No agents, no YAML, no forty-tab dashboard.

$ npm i -g @stdout/cli
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SEC.02 / FEATURESWHAT IT DOESP.03/07

READING IS
THE FEATURE.

Four things stdout does that your current logger doesn't. No sidecar, no schema file, no onboarding call.

01

Columns on sight

stdout sniffs JSON, logfmt, or raw text and snaps it into aligned columns. Timestamp left, level flagged, message up front. Your eyes do the rest.

02

Grep that groks

Filter by any field with a query you can type half-asleep. level:error beats the regex you'll get wrong twice.

03

Tail -f forever

Streams stay live past a million lines. Scrollback stays snappy. Your terminal won't choke, and neither will you.

04

Alerts that count

Set a threshold once. stdout pings you when the error rate actually moves, not every time one request hiccups.

SEC.03 / DEMOSEE IT RUNP.04/07

UGLY IN.
READABLE OUT.

Live loop: raw JSON hits the pipe, stdout sets it in columns. Errors get flagged, not buried. Watch it once, you get it.

stdout :: tail -f api.prod COLUMNS
$tail -f /var/log/api.jsonl | stdout
8 req / 2 warn / 1 error / p95 812ms / formatted in 0.4ms
columns snap to the widest cell, nothing wraps mid-word
errors invert the whole row, you can't miss them
same bytes, zero config, works on any stream
SEC.04 / PRICINGPAY OR DON'TP.05/07

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One command. Your logs, readable, before the kettle boils.

$ npm i -g @stdout/cli
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