SiftLog for Android

Free | Requires SiftLog Platform v1.0.0+

Find the Origin of the Failure — On Your Phone, Before the Bridge Call Has Its First Status Update

SiftLog Platform is the daemon that reads your logs, merges every source into a single time-ordered stream, and identifies which service failed first. SiftLog for Android is what you see when it finds something. Connect to your siftlogd instance over your LAN or VPN and the signal stream opens immediately on your phone. When a cascade fires, your phone knows which service started it. When a service goes silent, your phone knows. When an anomaly spikes past baseline, your phone knows — before you’ve opened a terminal.

The app connects to the live REST API built into the daemon. No cloud relay. No third-party service. Your signals travel from the daemon to your phone over your own network. The app is free. The daemon is what you are licensing.

What You See on Your Phone

Cascade failures. When the daemon identifies a cascade, the signal arrives on your phone with the origin service named and the propagation chain listed in order. The push notification fires immediately. The feed shows the triggering event and the direction of propagation.
Anomaly rate spikes. When a service exceeds its error rate baseline, the anomaly signal shows the service name, the rate multiple, and the most recent matching event. The daemon catches it before your alerting thresholds fire — and it surfaces on your phone before you’ve checked a dashboard.
Service silence. When a service stops logging, the silence signal names the service and the timestamp of its last event. This is a failure mode that manual log review consistently misses. Your phone catches it.

What It Does Not Do

Does not detect failures — the daemon detects; the app displays what the daemon has found
Does not work without a running siftlogd instance with the REST API enabled
Does not store your log data — only the signals the daemon has already detected
Does not require any account, registration, or cloud service
Does not send your signals through any third-party server

How It Connects

Enable the REST API in your siftlog.yaml with a single flag and an API key of your choosing:

api:
  enabled: true
  port: 8080
  bind: 0.0.0.0       # or your server's LAN IP
  api_key: YOUR_KEY

Install SiftLog on your Android device. Enter your server’s LAN IP or VPN address, port, and API key. The app connects directly to the daemon and the signal stream opens immediately. There is no account to create and no cloud service to configure.

Privacy and Air-Gapped Operation

No telemetry — the app does not collect, log, or transmit any data about your use
No account required — your connection is an IP address and an API key
Your signals travel from the daemon to your phone over your own network; they do not pass through any third-party server
For air-gapped environments: install via direct APK, connect over LAN — no Play Store or internet access required after installation

Requirements

Android 8.0 (API 26) or later
SiftLog Platform (siftlogd) v1.0.0 or later running on your server
REST API enabled in siftlog.yaml
Network access to your siftlogd instance (LAN or VPN)

Free. Always.

SiftLog for Android has no in-app purchases, no subscriptions, and no ads. The app is the free companion to SiftLog Platform. The daemon is what you are licensing.