diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index cbfef3bcc7..07de38036c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@
 - fix: ensure path object converted to string before stripping quotes ([#2878](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2878))
 - Fix incorrect assertions for called_with on mocks ([#2891](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2891))
 - Make cli-provided module/subworkflow names case insensitive ([#2869](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2869))
+- Add plugin entrypoints for toolong ([#2895](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2895))
 - Update gitpod/workspace-base Docker digest to 168d78b ([#2899](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2899))
 - Update pre-commit hook astral-sh/ruff-pre-commit to v0.3.4 ([#2894](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2894))
 - Update GitHub Actions ([#2902](https://github.com/nf-core/tools/pull/2902))
diff --git a/nf_core/__main__.py b/nf_core/__main__.py
index 807bc776bb..42398bfcb1 100644
--- a/nf_core/__main__.py
+++ b/nf_core/__main__.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 import logging
 import os
+import subprocess
 import sys
 from pathlib import Path
 
@@ -36,6 +37,7 @@
             "commands": [
                 "list",
                 "launch",
+                "log",
                 "create-params-file",
                 "download",
                 "licences",
@@ -311,6 +313,34 @@ def launch(
         sys.exit(1)
 
 
+# nf-core log
+@nf_core_cli.command("log")
+@click.argument("filenames", required=False, nargs=-1, metavar="<filenames>")
+def view_logs(filenames):
+    """
+    Render .nextflow.log files nicely.
+
+    Uses [link=https://github.com/textualize/toolong/]Toolong[/] with the included nf-core extension.
+    Shows files globbed with `.nextflow.log*` by default, or supplied filenames.
+    """
+    filenames = list(filenames)
+    if len(filenames) == 0:
+        p = Path(".")
+        p.glob(".nextflow.log*")
+        filenames = [str(f) for f in p.glob(".nextflow.log*")]
+
+    if len(filenames) == 0:
+        log.error("No .nextflow.log files found.")
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+    filenames.sort()
+    log.info(f"Launching log viewer for: [green]{", ".join(filenames)}")
+    log.info(
+        "This uses the [link=https://github.com/textualize/toolong/]Toolong[/] log viewer - you can view any file with it using the `[magenta]tl[/]` command!"
+    )
+    subprocess.run(["tl", *filenames])
+
+
 # nf-core create-params-file
 @nf_core_cli.command()
 @click.argument("pipeline", required=False, metavar="<pipeline name>")
diff --git a/nf_core/toolong_formatter.py b/nf_core/toolong_formatter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cca2fce27a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nf_core/toolong_formatter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,326 @@
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import re
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional
+
+from rich.text import Text
+from toolong.format_parser import FormatParser
+from toolong.highlighter import LogHighlighter
+from typing_extensions import TypeAlias
+
+ParseResult: TypeAlias = "tuple[Optional[datetime], str, Text]"
+
+MOVE_LOG_LEVEL_COL = True
+LOG_LEVELS = {
+    "DEBUG": ["dim white on black", "dim"],
+    "INFO": ["bold black on green", ""],
+    "WARN": ["bold black on yellow", "yellow"],
+    "ERROR": ["bold black on red", "red"],
+}
+
+
+class LogFormat:
+    def parse(self, line: str) -> ParseResult | None:
+        raise NotImplementedError()
+
+
+class NextflowLogFormat(LogFormat):
+    """
+    Formatter for regular Nextflow log files.
+
+    Examples:
+
+    Mar-24 00:11:47.302 [main] DEBUG nextflow.util.CustomThreadPool - Creating default thread pool > poolSize: 11; maxThreads: 1000
+    Mar-24 00:12:04.942 [Task monitor] INFO  nextflow.Session - Execution cancelled -- Finishing pending tasks before exit
+    """
+
+    REGEX = re.compile(
+        r"(?P<date>\w+-\d{2} \d{2}:\d{2}:\d{2}\.\d{3}) (?P<thread>\[.*\]?) (?P<log_level>\w+)\s+(?P<logger_name>[\w\.]+) - (?P<message>.*?)$"
+    )
+
+    highlighter = LogHighlighter()
+
+    def parse(self, line: str) -> ParseResult | None:
+        match = self.REGEX.fullmatch(line)
+        if match is None:
+            return None
+
+        text = Text.from_ansi(line)
+        groups = match.groupdict()
+        if date := groups.get("date", None):
+            timestamp = datetime.strptime(groups["date"], "%b-%d %H:%M:%S.%f")
+            text.highlight_words([date], "not bold magenta")
+        if thread := groups.get("thread", None):
+            text.highlight_words([thread], "blue")
+        if log_level := groups.get("log_level", None):
+            text.highlight_words([f" {log_level} "], LOG_LEVELS[log_level][0])
+        if logger_name := groups.get("logger_name", None):
+            text.highlight_words([logger_name], "cyan")
+        if process_name := groups.get("process_name", None):
+            text.highlight_words([process_name], "bold cyan")
+        if message := groups.get("message", None):
+            text.highlight_words([message], "dim" if log_level == "DEBUG" else "")
+
+        return timestamp, line, text
+
+
+class NextflowLogAbortedProcessNames(LogFormat):
+    """
+    Formatter for process names when a pipeline is aborted.
+
+    Example:
+
+    The following lines:
+    [process] NFCORE_RNASEQ:RNASEQ:ALIGN_STAR:STAR_ALIGN
+    [process] NFCORE_RNASEQ:RNASEQ:ALIGN_STAR:BAM_SORT_STATS_SAMTOOLS:SAMTOOLS_SORT
+
+    In blocks that look like this:
+
+    Mar-12 23:56:10.538 [SIGINT handler] DEBUG nextflow.Session - Session aborted -- Cause: SIGINT
+    Mar-12 23:56:10.572 [SIGINT handler] DEBUG nextflow.Session - The following nodes are still active:
+    [process] NFCORE_RNASEQ:RNASEQ:ALIGN_STAR:STAR_ALIGN
+      status=ACTIVE
+      port 0: (queue) OPEN  ; channel: -
+      port 1: (value) bound ; channel: -
+      port 2: (value) bound ; channel: -
+      port 3: (value) bound ; channel: star_ignore_sjdbgtf
+      port 4: (value) bound ; channel: seq_platform
+      port 5: (value) bound ; channel: seq_center
+      port 6: (cntrl) -     ; channel: $
+
+    [process] NFCORE_RNASEQ:RNASEQ:ALIGN_STAR:BAM_SORT_STATS_SAMTOOLS:SAMTOOLS_SORT
+      status=ACTIVE
+      port 0: (queue) OPEN  ; channel: -
+      port 1: (cntrl) -     ; channel: $
+    """
+
+    REGEX = re.compile(r"^(?P<marker>\[process\]) (?P<process>.*?)(?P<process_name>[^:]+?)?$")
+    highlighter = LogHighlighter()
+
+    def parse(self, line: str) -> ParseResult | None:
+        match = self.REGEX.fullmatch(line)
+        if match is None:
+            return None
+
+        text = Text.from_ansi(line)
+        text.stylize_before("dim")
+        groups = match.groupdict()
+        if process := groups.get("process", None):
+            text.highlight_words([process], "blue not dim")
+        if process_name := groups.get("process_name", None):
+            text.highlight_words([process_name], "bold cyan not dim")
+
+        return None, line, text
+
+
+class NextflowLogAbortedProcessPorts(LogFormat):
+    """
+    Formatter for process names when a pipeline is aborted.
+
+    Example:
+
+    The following lines:
+      port 0: (queue) OPEN  ; channel: -
+      port 1: (value) bound ; channel: -
+      port 2: (value) bound ; channel: -
+      port 3: (value) bound ; channel: star_ignore_sjdbgtf
+
+    In blocks that look like this:
+
+    Mar-12 23:56:10.538 [SIGINT handler] DEBUG nextflow.Session - Session aborted -- Cause: SIGINT
+    Mar-12 23:56:10.572 [SIGINT handler] DEBUG nextflow.Session - The following nodes are still active:
+    [process] NFCORE_RNASEQ:RNASEQ:ALIGN_STAR:STAR_ALIGN
+      status=ACTIVE
+      port 0: (queue) OPEN  ; channel: -
+      port 1: (value) bound ; channel: -
+      port 2: (value) bound ; channel: -
+      port 3: (value) bound ; channel: star_ignore_sjdbgtf
+      port 4: (value) bound ; channel: seq_platform
+      port 5: (value) bound ; channel: seq_center
+      port 6: (cntrl) -     ; channel: $
+
+    [process] NFCORE_RNASEQ:RNASEQ:ALIGN_STAR:BAM_SORT_STATS_SAMTOOLS:SAMTOOLS_SORT
+      status=ACTIVE
+      port 0: (queue) OPEN  ; channel: -
+      port 1: (cntrl) -     ; channel: $
+    """
+
+    REGEX = re.compile(
+        r"  (?P<port>port \d+): (?P<channel_type>\((value|queue|cntrl)\)) (?P<channel_state>\S+)\s+; channel: (?P<channel_name>.*?)$"
+    )
+    CHANNEL_TYPES = {
+        "(value)": "green",
+        "(cntrl)": "yellow",
+        "(queue)": "magenta",
+    }
+    highlighter = LogHighlighter()
+
+    def parse(self, line: str) -> ParseResult | None:
+        match = self.REGEX.fullmatch(line)
+        if match is None:
+            return None
+
+        text = Text.from_ansi(line)
+        groups = match.groupdict()
+        if port := groups.get("port", None):
+            text.highlight_words([port], "blue")
+        if channel_type := groups.get("channel_type", None):
+            text.highlight_words([channel_type], self.CHANNEL_TYPES[channel_type])
+        if channel_state := groups.get("channel_state", None):
+            text.highlight_words([channel_state], "cyan" if channel_state == "OPEN" else "yellow")
+        text.highlight_words(["; channel:"], "dim")
+        if channel_name := groups.get("channel_name", None):
+            text.highlight_words([channel_name], "cyan")
+
+        return None, line, text
+
+
+class NextflowLogAbortedProcessStatus(LogFormat):
+    """
+    Formatter for process names when a pipeline is aborted.
+
+    Example:
+
+    The following lines:
+      status=ACTIVE
+
+    In blocks that look like this:
+
+    Mar-12 23:56:10.538 [SIGINT handler] DEBUG nextflow.Session - Session aborted -- Cause: SIGINT
+    Mar-12 23:56:10.572 [SIGINT handler] DEBUG nextflow.Session - The following nodes are still active:
+    [process] NFCORE_RNASEQ:RNASEQ:ALIGN_STAR:STAR_ALIGN
+      status=ACTIVE
+      port 0: (queue) OPEN  ; channel: -
+      port 1: (value) bound ; channel: -
+      port 2: (value) bound ; channel: -
+      port 3: (value) bound ; channel: star_ignore_sjdbgtf
+      port 4: (value) bound ; channel: seq_platform
+      port 5: (value) bound ; channel: seq_center
+      port 6: (cntrl) -     ; channel: $
+
+    [process] NFCORE_RNASEQ:RNASEQ:ALIGN_STAR:BAM_SORT_STATS_SAMTOOLS:SAMTOOLS_SORT
+      status=ACTIVE
+      port 0: (queue) OPEN  ; channel: -
+      port 1: (cntrl) -     ; channel: $
+    """
+
+    REGEX = re.compile(r"^  status=(?P<status>.*?)?$")
+    highlighter = LogHighlighter()
+
+    def parse(self, line: str) -> ParseResult | None:
+        match = self.REGEX.fullmatch(line)
+        if match is None:
+            return None
+
+        text = Text.from_ansi(line)
+        text.stylize_before("dim")
+        groups = match.groupdict()
+        text.highlight_words(["status="], "dim")
+        if status := groups.get("status", None):
+            text.highlight_words([status], "cyan not dim")
+
+        return None, line, text
+
+
+class NextflowLogParsedScripts(LogFormat):
+    """
+    Formatter for parsed scriptp names.
+
+    For example:
+
+    Mar-24 00:12:03.547 [main] DEBUG nextflow.script.ScriptRunner - Parsed script files:
+      Script_e2630658c898fe40: /Users/ewels/GitHub/nf-core/rnaseq/./workflows/rnaseq/../../modules/local/deseq2_qc/main.nf
+      Script_56c7c9e8363ee20a: /Users/ewels/GitHub/nf-core/rnaseq/./workflows/rnaseq/../../subworkflows/local/quantify_pseudo_alignment/../../../modules/nf-core/custom/tx2gene/main.nf
+    """
+
+    REGEX = re.compile(r"^  (?P<script_id>Script_\w+:) (?P<script_path>.*?)$")
+    highlighter = LogHighlighter()
+
+    def parse(self, line: str) -> ParseResult | None:
+        match = self.REGEX.fullmatch(line)
+        if match is None:
+            return None
+
+        text = Text.from_ansi(line)
+        groups = match.groupdict()
+        if script_id := groups.get("script_id", None):
+            text.highlight_words([script_id], "blue")
+        if script_path := groups.get("script_path", None):
+            text.highlight_words([script_path], "magenta")
+
+        return None, line, text
+
+
+def nextflow_format_parser(logfile_obj):
+    is_nextflow = logfile_obj.name.startswith(".nextflow.log")
+
+    class NextflowFormatParser(FormatParser):
+        """Parses a log line."""
+
+        def __init__(self) -> None:
+            super().__init__()
+            if is_nextflow:
+                self._formats = [
+                    NextflowLogFormat(),
+                    NextflowLogAbortedProcessNames(),
+                    NextflowLogAbortedProcessPorts(),
+                    NextflowLogAbortedProcessStatus(),
+                    NextflowLogParsedScripts(),
+                ]
+            self._log_status = ""
+
+        def parse(self, line: str) -> ParseResult:
+            """Use the toolong parser with custom formatters."""
+
+            # Return if not a netflow log file
+            if not is_nextflow:
+                return super().parse(line)
+
+            # Copied from toolong source, but without the default log parser
+            if len(line) > 10_000:
+                line = line[:10_000]
+            parse_result = None
+            if line.strip():
+                for index, format in enumerate(self._formats):
+                    parse_result = format.parse(line)
+                    if parse_result is not None:
+                        if index:
+                            self._formats = [*self._formats[index:], *self._formats[:index]]
+                        timestamp, line, text = parse_result
+                        break
+
+            if parse_result is None:
+                timestamp = None
+                line = line
+                text = Text(line)
+
+            # Custom formatting with log levels
+            for logtype in LOG_LEVELS.keys():
+                if logtype in line:
+                    # Set log status for next lines, if multi-line
+                    self._log_status = logtype
+                    # Set the base stlying for this line
+                    text.stylize_before(LOG_LEVELS[logtype][1])
+                    # Move the "INFO" log level to the start of the line
+                    if MOVE_LOG_LEVEL_COL:
+                        line = "{} {}".format(
+                            logtype,
+                            line.replace(f" {logtype} ", ""),
+                        )
+                        logtype_str = f"[{LOG_LEVELS[logtype][0]}] {logtype: <5} [/] "
+                        text = Text.from_markup(
+                            logtype_str + text.markup.replace(f" {logtype} ", "[reset] [/]"),
+                        )
+                    # Return - on to next line
+                    return timestamp, line, text
+
+            # Multi-line log message - add colour character at start of line
+            for logtype in LOG_LEVELS.keys():
+                if self._log_status == logtype:
+                    text = Text.from_markup(f"[{LOG_LEVELS[logtype][0]}] [/] " + text.markup)
+                    text.stylize_before(LOG_LEVELS[logtype][1])
+
+            return timestamp, line, text
+
+    return NextflowFormatParser()
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6b5b3ab57d..081847d655 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -20,3 +20,6 @@ rich-click>=1.6.1
 rich>=13.3.1
 tabulate
 trogon
+# Remove dev brach dep when merged: https://github.com/Textualize/toolong/pull/47
+# toolong
+toolong @ git+https://github.com/ewels/toolong.git@add-entry-points#egg=toolong
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index fc7b69ac1e..d9fde6d9fd 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@
     entry_points={
         "console_scripts": ["nf-core=nf_core.__main__:run_nf_core"],
         "refgenie.hooks.post_update": ["nf-core-refgenie=nf_core.refgenie:update_config"],
+        "toolong.application.format_parsers": [
+            "nextflow_format_parser = nf_core.toolong_formatter:nextflow_format_parser",
+        ],
     },
     python_requires=">=3.8, <4",
     install_requires=required,