whyd
Find out why your Linux PC froze, crashed or shut down: whyd reads the journal of the previous boot and tells you in one screen.
INSTALLATION
$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/vmaltarello/whyd/main/install.sh | sh$ sudo dnf install https://github.com/vmaltarello/whyd/releases/latest/download/whyd_linux_amd64.rpm$ go install github.com/vmaltarello/whyd/cmd/whyd@latest
DESCRIPTION
A command-line tool designed to analyze system journals and explain why your PC froze, crashed, or unexpectedly shut down.
Parses system logs to diagnose complex events like kernel panics, GPU hangs, thermal throttling, or power loss.
Sanitizes sensitive data such as hostnames, IP addresses, and user names to allow safe report sharing.
DETAILS
- Repository
- vmaltarello/whyd (2026-10-31)
- Author
- vmaltarello
- License
- GPL-3.0
- Category
- Logs
- Language
- Go
- Platforms
- Linux
- Version
- v0.3.0 (2026-10-31)
- Repo Age
- 1 month old
STAR HISTORY
TAGS
SEE ALSO
- Featured in TUIs for the Linux desktop
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