Seq

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AI agents

Seq supports agent integration through its command-line client and MCP server.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

AI and agent access

Seq's product page says agents can integrate through its CLI or MCP for live debugging or alert triage.datalust.co · read 12 Oct 2026

Air-gap use

Seq is designed to work with hardware and network isolation, and outbound connectivity for update checks or telemetry is opt-in.datalust.co · read 12 Oct 2026

Alerts

Users can define custom alert conditions and send notifications to Slack, Teams and email.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

CLI forwarder

seqcli includes a store-and-forward ingestion proxy for intermittently connected systems.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Command-line client

seqcli can log, search, tail, query and ingest JSON or plain-text files from any operating system.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Company

Datalust was founded in Australia in 2013 by Nicholas and Susan Blumhardt.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Compliance deployment

Datalust says Seq can run entirely on customer servers without external cloud services, supporting secured GDPR, DORA, HIPAA or PCI environments.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

C# SDK

The Seq.Api NuGet package provides C# representations and helpers for the server API.github.com · read 15 Oct 2026

Dashboards

Seq includes saved queries and dashboards without imposing limits on their number.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Data handling

Seq stores log data on the machine or cloud infrastructure hosting it, and the pricing FAQ says log and trace data is never sent to or shared with Datalust.datalust.co · read 12 Oct 2026

Deployment

Seq is self-hosted and supported on Windows or under Docker/Linux, and can be deployed on-premises or in a public cloud.datalust.co · read 12 Oct 2026

Documentation depth

The documentation covers ingestion, querying, dashboards, alerting, authentication, storage, backups, Docker, Kubernetes, Azure, clustering, APIs and troubleshooting.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Extensibility

Seq plug-in input and output apps can be written in C# or other languages.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Integrations

Documented ingestion options include Serilog, Microsoft.Extensions.Logging, OpenTelemetry, Node.js libraries, HTTP, GELF, syslog, RabbitMQ, Docker and Kubernetes.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

Legal name

The license agreement identifies the maker as Datalust Pty Ltd.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

License

Seq is proprietary subscription software; its agreement grants a non-exclusive, non-transferable internal-use license and forbids copying, resale and source-code derivation.datalust.co · read 15 Oct 2026

License limits

The Individual license permits one person to access a Seq web interface, while more than one user of an instance requires a multi-user subscription.datalust.co · read 12 Oct 2026

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