jaytail
Pricing
One-time purchase. No subscription.
Pay once, use it on all your machines. Launch prices until December 31, 2026.
One-time purchase · Launch price
Local JSON log viewing and investigation. No network code at all.
- Table view, search, filters, record view
- CSV, JSON, JSONL and HTML export
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Pipes and
--plainoutput - Auditable build for locked-down environments
One-time purchase · Launch price
Everything in Minimal plus peer-to-peer transfers: send a file, or ask a customer for one.
- Everything in Minimal
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jaytail sendandjaytail requestwith tickets and QR codes - Resumable transfers, relay fallback
- 12 months of updates
One-time purchase · Launch price
Everything in Complete, with all future versions included.
- Everything in Complete
- All future versions, no upgrade fees
- Use on all your machines
- No login required
One-time payment · perpetual license · no subscription · 12 months of updates (Lifetime: all future versions) · free for the other party · license by e-mail within one business day
Prices in USD. VAT is added at checkout where applicable.
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| Minimal | Complete | Complete Lifetime | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Table view, search, filters, record view | Included | Included | Included |
| Selection, copy, CSV/JSON/JSONL/HTML export | Included | Included | Included |
Pipes, --plain output, --web on 127.0.0.1 |
Included | Included | Included |
Create a ticket: jaytail send FILE, jaytail request |
– | Included | Included |
Answer a ticket: jaytail receive, jaytail send TICKET FILE (free, no license needed) |
Included | Included | Included |
| All your machines, offline license, no account | Included | Included | Included |
| New versions included | 12 months | 12 months | All future versions |
| Security fixes for each feature release, from its release date | 12 months | 12 months | 12 months |
FAQ
Licensing questions
Do I need an account?
No. Your license is a short text you install once with jaytail license install. jaytail checks it offline; there is nothing to log in to.
How do I receive my license?
By e-mail, within one business day of your purchase, with the install instructions.
Can I use it on more than one machine?
Yes. A license is personal and works on all the machines you use. A company buys one license per person who uses jaytail.
What happens after the 12 months of updates?
The versions you have keep working forever. Newer releases are an optional paid upgrade. Complete Lifetime includes all future versions.
Does the other side need a license?
No. Whoever creates the ticket needs Complete: jaytail send FILE to offer a file, jaytail request to ask for one. The other side answers with the free binary: jaytail receive TICKET or jaytail send TICKET FILE.
What does my customer have to install?
One line on Linux and macOS, curl -fsSL https://jaytail.dev/install | sh, which needs no sudo and installs into ~/.local/bin; on Windows, irm https://jaytail.dev/install.ps1 | iex. jaytail request prints the complete line, ticket included.
What is the difference between Minimal and Complete?
Minimal contains no network code at all, for environments where networking tools are not allowed. Complete adds transfers: jaytail send and jaytail request.
Does jaytail send my logs anywhere?
Viewing, searching and exporting never touch the network. A file moves only in a transfer you start or answer, encrypted end to end, between the two machines that share the ticket.
Which build should I install?
Both builds accept every license. The standard build includes transfers (send, receive, request); the Minimal build contains no network code at all and cannot take part in transfers. A Complete license used in the Minimal build gives you the viewer only.
Do patch releases count as new versions?
No. Each feature release (for example 1.2) gets security and critical fixes for 12 months after it comes out, and everyone licensed for 1.2 can install them, even after their own 12 months of new versions have ended.
Do I get an invoice?
Yes, by e-mail with your purchase. Business customers can enter their VAT number at checkout.
Buying for a team?
Buy one license per person. For larger orders, or anything the checkout does not cover, write to support@jaytail.dev.