WimExplorer includes two built-in tools for visibility and control: a live log console and an integrated wimlib terminal. Both are accessible from the header and share a bottom drawer panel.Documentation Index
Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://mintlify.com/KilzaNiko/WimExplorer/llms.txt
Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.
Live logs
The log console streams every operation, command, and status message from the server in real time.Opening the log console
Click the 🖥️ Logs button in the header. The console drawer opens at the bottom of the screen. A green dot on the button pulses while an operation is in progress.How logs stream
The UI connects toGET /api/logs/stream, a Server-Sent Events (SSE) endpoint. Each event is a JSON object pushed by the server as soon as it is generated. On reconnect, GET /api/logs/history fetches the last 200 entries from the server’s buffer (which holds up to 2000 entries total).
Log types
| Type | Description |
|---|---|
info | General status and progress messages |
warn | Non-fatal warnings (e.g., 7-Zip not found, retry attempts) |
error | Operation failures and error details |
op | Operation start and completion markers |
cmd | The exact wimlib-imagex command being executed |
7z | 7-Zip listing progress and results |
debug | Internal diagnostic messages |
Console actions
- 📋 Copy log — copies all visible log entries to the clipboard.
- 🗑️ Clear — clears the console display (does not delete the server-side buffer).
- ⛶ Fullscreen — opens the log console in a fullscreen modal.
wimlib terminal
The integrated terminal lets you runwimlib-imagex commands directly from the browser without opening a command prompt.
Opening the terminal
Click the ⌨️ Terminal button in the header. The terminal pane opens in the same bottom drawer as the log console, on the Terminal tab.Running commands
Type a command into the input field next to thewimlib-imagex> prompt and press Enter or click Ejecutar. Do not include the wimlib-imagex prefix — just the subcommand and its arguments.
POST /api/wimlib-cmd. The server runs it with wimlib-imagex.exe and returns both stdout and stderr, which are displayed in the terminal output area.
You can also use -help as a shorthand for --help:
Fullscreen terminal
Click the ⛶ button in the terminal header to open the terminal in a fullscreen modal. The input prompt remains active in fullscreen mode.The terminal runs any
wimlib-imagex subcommand, including write operations such as update and delete. Commands that modify the WIM (add, delete, update) will alter the actual file on disk. Use read/info subcommands (info, dir, extract) when you only want to inspect the image.