Overview
What is Hoo WinTail for?
Hoo WinTail is a real-time log monitor for Windows like the UNIX tail -f utility. It can be used to view the end of a growing file. It is ideal for viewing application traces or server logs in real time
In depth
A closer look at Hoo WinTail for
Hoo WinTail is a real-time log monitor for Windows like the UNIX tail -f utility. It can be used to view the end of a growing file. It is ideal for viewing application traces or server logs in real time. You can view the last part of a large file without the need to load the entire file quickly.Hoo WinTail is only a file viewer. It makes no changes to the file that is opened. It opens the file in read-only mode. As new lines are written to the file by another program (such as would happen with a log file, for example), Hoo WinTail reads the new lines and displays them.Hoo WinTail can capture and display OutputDebugString (Windows Debug API) and TRACE / ATLTRACE (MS Visual C++ Debug Macro) output as well.Hoo WinTail has an Attractive and intuitive MDI interface. You can monitor multiple log files and capture OutputDebugString output at same time.
Verdict
Should you download Hoo WinTail for?
Hoo WinTail for runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Shareware
license
— the installer is 1240 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
General.
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At a glance
Hoo WinTail for specifications
- Last updated
- Apr 24, 2026
- License
- Shareware
- Operating system
- Windows 10/11
- File size
- 1240 KB
- Price
- Free
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