Whaile: Large File Log Viewer
Open multi-GB log, text & CSV
$24.99
Whaile — yes, like the whale. It swallows files whole: the multi-gigabyte text and log files that crash TextEdit and choke VS Code open in about a second, the ones you'd normally only dare to touch from the terminal.
Built native for Mac and iPad, Whaile memory-maps the file instead of loading it into RAM, so an 8 GB log opens instantly and scrolls without a single dropped frame. No spinner. No "file too large." No waiting.
WHY WHAILE
• Open huge files fast — 1 GB, 8 GB, or bigger, ready in seconds
• Smooth, native scrolling with zero lag, even at the end of a billion-line file
• Search the whole file in seconds, not minutes
• Jump straight to any line number, instantly
• Tiny memory footprint — the system pages data in and out, your RAM stays free
• Fully sandboxed and offline — your files never leave your device
BUILT FOR
• SREs and platform engineers triaging giant nginx, syslog and crash logs
• Data engineers spot-checking 2 GB JSONL, NDJSON and CSV dumps before the real pipeline
• Anyone handed a log or export far too big for a normal editor
LET YOUR AI READ THE FILE
Whaile works with a free, open-source companion MCP server, so AI assistants like Claude can search and read your huge files directly — without blowing past the context window. Point your agent at a 10 GB incident log and ask it what went wrong, instead of scrolling by hand.
FAST BECAUSE OF HOW IT'S BUILT
• Memory-mapped file access — no full load, no copy
• Sparse line index built in the background for instant jump-to-line
• Byte-level search tuned for files that don't fit in memory
Whaile is a read-only viewer, on purpose: it's the fastest way to open, read, and search a file that's simply too big for everything else.
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Information
- Seller
- Marco Tini
- Size
- 2.2 MB
- Category
- Developer Tools
- Compatibility
Requires iOS 17.0 or later.
- iPhone
Requires iOS 17.0 or later. - iPad
Requires iPadOS 17.0 or later. - Mac
Requires macOS 14.0 or later. - Apple Vision
Requires visionOS 1.0 or later.
- iPhone
- Languages
- English and Italian
- Age Rating
4+
- 4+
- Copyright
- © Marco Tini
