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This Windows-optimized fork adds modern features including VT100 color support, advanced tag filtering with substring matching, and improved column formatting.
PidCat filters logcat output by application package name, colorizes the output for better readability, and provides powerful filtering options to help you focus on the logs that matter.
🚀 Features
- (dc757f) Added option to show PID of running package(s)
🐛 Bug Fixes
- (3961be) (build.py) Fix issue with build-executable command
⚡ Performance Improvements
- (bd3d31) Mild performance improvements
♻️ Refactors
- (b8e654) Refactor code to use MVC architecture
- (2f8a3b) Code refactoring and bug fixes
- (382c99) (build) Code refactoring and improvements
- (511412) Code refactoring and performance improvements
- (a13777) Code refactoring and improvements
🎨 Code Style
- (155809) (Justfile) Reformat Justfile
- (9226eb) Change code style to use snake_case
📚 Documentation
- (e1dd90) Updated readme
- (c2e998) Add winget URL to readme
🛠️ Maintenance
- (66f6aa) Add Justfile to manage builds
- (9e9d94) Use Just to build the executable in github actions
- (3c9c53) (build.py) Refactor build script argparse
- (9975de) (Justfile) Update Justfile to use the new buildscript
- (f29e66) New app icon
- (3acff5) Use git-cliff for changelog generation
- (984565) (cliff.toml) Remove body template from cliff.toml
- (3444a4) (cliff) Add commit hash to changelog
- (54931c) Make build.py a package so it can be run as a module
| Publisher | AbdElMoniem ElHifnawy |
|---|---|
| Version | 2.5.6 |
| Release date | 2026-03-17 |
| License | GPL-3.0 |
| Installer type | inno |
| Architecture | x64 |
| Package ID | AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat |
winget install --id=AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat -ewinget upgrade --id=AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat -ewinget uninstall --id=AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat -e"PidCat_v2.5.6_Tue_17_Mar_2026_09_14_42.237_AM.exe" /verysilentYes. PidCat is free and open-source software released under the GPL-3.0 license.
The latest version is 2.5.6, released on Mar 17, 2026.
The download button links to the official installer published on github.com, the same file Windows Package Manager installs. You can verify the downloaded file by comparing its SHA-256 checksum with 8d7c11e99a6361dc47a316ed1dd35a76a16a27b53a3a9b0bb686dbda6053f5f4.
PidCat runs on Windows and is available for 64-bit (x64) systems.
Run the offline installer with "PidCat_v2.5.6_Tue_17_Mar_2026_09_14_42.237_AM.exe" /verysilent, or install it with Windows Package Manager: winget install --id=AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat -e --silent.
Open Settings › Apps › Installed apps, find PidCat and select Uninstall. From the command line, run winget uninstall --id=AbdElMoniemElHifnawy.PidCat -e.
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