Can this Open Source Python Script Actually Replace Splunk?

Before news of Cisco’s $28 Billion acquisition of Splunk began making the rounds, infosec memes inspired by the high cost of the log monitoring tool were commonly shared on social media.

One technologist believes you can achieve Splunk-like functionality — without the enormous price tag.

Pastel Network CEO, Jeffrey Emanuel has created a Python-based tool to collect and analyze logs from remote machines hosted on Amazon Web Services (AWS) and other cloud hosting services. The tool is designed for Ubuntu versions 22.04+ but can be adapted for other Linux distributions. Emanuel’s open-source Automatic Log Collector and Analyzer is now available on GitHub. Learn more here.

What do you think — is this a viable Splunk alternative? Would you use it? Let us know.