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Introducing Logchef: A Purpose-Built Log Explorer for ClickHouse

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Session Description

  • Log volumes are exploding. Traditional tools can be slow or expensive. Where do we turn for scale and efficiency?

  • Briefly introduce ClickHouse as a powerful engine for log analytics. Highlight its key advantages: blazing speed for aggregations, amazing compression (cost savings!), and powerful SQL.

  • While ClickHouse is great for storing and querying logs, a dedicated, user-friendly exploration UI has been missing. Generic SQL clients aren't ideal for log workflows.

  • Logchef - A purpose-built log query/visualization UI specifically for ClickHouse. It focuses on querying, leveraging existing ingestion tools (Vector, Fluentbit, etc.) – doesn't reinvent the wheel.

  • Dual Query Modes: Simple search syntax (easy adoption) AND full ClickHouse SQL (power users). (Show a quick example/screenshot if possible).

  • Schema Agnostic: Works with your existing log tables. No forced migrations.

  • Team Features: Built for collaboration (Teams, Sources, Permissions).

References

https://github.com/mr-karan/logchef
https://logchef.app

Session Categories

Introducing a FOSS project or a new version of a popular project
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Speakers

Karan Sharma
Software Developer | Zerodha

Interested in Observability, Containers and Distributed Systems.

 https://x.com/mrkaran_
Karan Sharma

Reviews

Reviewer #1 Approved
Reviewer #2 Approved

It would be interesting to know about schema agnostic log analytics tool.

Reviewer #3 Approved

Would be good to point out differences from common tools like Logstash, Loki, etc. and why they don't work with ClickHouse, why a new project was needed etc.

Reviewer #4 Approved
Reviewer #5 Approved