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.

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Details

External ID: 1412415721
Source: GITHUB
Company: —
Product: whyd
Website domain: github.com
Launched: Oct. 9, 2026
Cohort: —
Upvotes: 63
Upvotes percentile: 0.76
Tags: bubbletea, cli, crash, diagnostics, freeze, go, journalctl, journald, linux, log-analysis, oom, systemd, terminal, troubleshooting, tui

Yes It is a command-line utility that queries systemd journalctl for the previous boot and uses regex patterns to display crash summaries.

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