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Show HN: Portable Giant File Viewer

Published on: 2025-04-25 19:45:44

Giant Log Viewer Needing to check a 4.9 GB log file on a platform where the less file pager is not available? Don't cry. This software is going to save you! This software loads instantly with same low memory footprint regardless of a 4 MB, 4 GB or 4 TB text file is opened, as long as it doesn't hit any limitation. The JVM is limited to use at most 80 MB heap memory (plus overheads) currently. Limitations Supports UTF-8 encoding and ASCII text files only Doesn't work if there is a long line (>= 1 MB) in the file Emoji sequences are not supported -- it would be displayed as multiple emoji characters Doesn't work if your OS has no GUI Doesn't work if you are not using Windows, macOS nor Linux Not as powerful as less yet How to Use Drag and drop a UTF-8 / ASCII text file to this application. Navigate with a keyboard. The less key bindings can be used. Click the "?" button in the top-right corner for the full keymap. Executables are not signed by verified developers Builds are ... Read full article.