Logcheck

What it does

Code hosting

The package source repository is hosted at salsa.debian.org/debian/logcheck.checked 12 Oct 2026

Delivery

The stable package page lists the package for all available architectures, with a package size of 28.9 kB and installed size of 120.0 kB.checked 12 Oct 2026

Deployment options

self-hostedchecked 21 Sep 2026

Email dependency

The package depends on a default mail transport agent, with several providers listed on the package page.checked 12 Oct 2026

Email reporting

The project page says log file entry summaries can be mailed to a system administrator via a cron job.checked 12 Oct 2026

How it works

It checks log entries against a customizable database of regular expressions and reports entries not identified as routine to the system administrator.checked 12 Oct 2026

License

The package copyright file identifies the software as GPL-2.0 and says it is distributed without warranty.checked 12 Oct 2026

Log sources

The page names systemd-journald, rsyslog, or another system log daemon as sources of system log entries.checked 12 Oct 2026

Maintainers

The Debian logcheck team, Jose M Calhariz, and Mathias Gibbens are listed as maintainers.checked 12 Oct 2026

Package availability

The stable Debian package is version 1.4.5+deb13u1 and is available for architecture all.checked 5 Oct 2026

Package size

The Debian package page lists a package size of 28.9 kB and an installed size of 120.0 kB.checked 5 Oct 2026

Purpose

Logcheck analyzes system logs for unexpected entries that could indicate problems or security issues.checked 12 Oct 2026

Related utility

The source package also builds logtail, which identifies new lines added to the end of log files.checked 12 Oct 2026

Rule database

The related logcheck-database package provides system log rules for logcheck.checked 12 Oct 2026

Rules database

The related logcheck-database package provides regular expressions for matching system log entries and might also be used by other log checkers.checked 5 Oct 2026

Scheduling

The Debian package file list includes a cron configuration and a systemd service and timer.checked 5 Oct 2026

Security use

Debian tags Logcheck as a security log analyzer and a monitoring utility.checked 5 Oct 2026

Support

The Debian support page says support is offered by volunteers and that users may hire a consultant if community support and documentation do not meet their needs.checked 12 Oct 2026

Supported log sources

The package description names logs produced by systemd-journald, rsyslog, or another system log daemon.checked 5 Oct 2026