diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 4263ea4..e362445 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 description = __about__.__summary__
 project = __about__.__title__
 version = release = __about__.__version__
+github_doc_root = f"{__about__.__uri__}/tree/main/docs/"
 
 # -- General configuration ---------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -170,7 +171,7 @@
     "deflist",
     "html_admonition",
     "html_image",
-    # "linkify",
+    "linkify",
     "replacements",
     "smartquotes",
     "strikethrough",
diff --git a/geotribu_cli/cli.py b/geotribu_cli/cli.py
index a26b0a1..dff08db 100644
--- a/geotribu_cli/cli.py
+++ b/geotribu_cli/cli.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
     parser_search_image,
     parser_upgrade,
 )
+from geotribu_cli.utils.journalizer import configure_logger
 
 # #############################################################################
 # ########## Globals ###############
@@ -144,11 +145,18 @@ def main(args: list[str] = None):
         action="count",
         default=1,
         dest="verbosity",
-        # metavar="GEOTRIBU_LOGS_LEVEL",
         help="Niveau de verbosité : None = WARNING, -v = INFO, -vv = DEBUG. Réglable "
         "avec la variable d'environnement GEOTRIBU_LOGS_LEVEL.",
     )
 
+    main_parser.add_argument(
+        "--no-logfile",
+        default=True,
+        action="store_false",
+        dest="opt_logfile_disabled",
+        help="Désactiver les fichiers de journalisation (logs).",
+    )
+
     main_parser.add_argument(
         "-h",
         "--help",
@@ -351,23 +359,13 @@ def main(args: list[str] = None):
     # just get passed args
     args = main_parser.parse_args(args)
 
-    # set log level depending on verbosity argument
-    if 0 < args.verbosity < 4:
-        args.verbosity = 40 - (10 * args.verbosity)
-    elif args.verbosity >= 4:
-        # debug is the limit
-        args.verbosity = 40 - (10 * 3)
+    # log configuration
+    if args.opt_logfile_disabled:
+        configure_logger(
+            verbosity=args.verbosity, logfile=f"{__title_clean__}_{__version__}.log"
+        )
     else:
-        args.verbosity = 0
-
-    logging.basicConfig(
-        level=args.verbosity,
-        format="%(asctime)s||%(levelname)s||%(module)s||%(message)s",
-        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
-    )
-
-    console = logging.StreamHandler()
-    console.setLevel(args.verbosity)
+        configure_logger(verbosity=args.verbosity)
 
     # add the handler to the root logger
     logger = logging.getLogger(__title_clean__)
diff --git a/geotribu_cli/utils/journalizer.py b/geotribu_cli/utils/journalizer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3347f87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/geotribu_cli/utils/journalizer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,172 @@
+#! python3  # noqa: E265
+
+"""Helper to configure logging depending on CLI options."""
+
+# ############################################################################
+# ########## IMPORTS #############
+# ################################
+
+# standard library
+import logging
+from getpass import getuser
+from logging.handlers import RotatingFileHandler
+from os import environ, getenv
+from os.path import expanduser, expandvars
+from pathlib import Path
+from platform import architecture, platform
+from socket import gethostname
+from typing import Optional
+
+# package
+from geotribu_cli.__about__ import __title__, __version__
+from geotribu_cli.constants import GeotribuDefaults
+from geotribu_cli.utils.check_path import check_path
+from geotribu_cli.utils.proxies import get_proxy_settings
+from geotribu_cli.utils.str2bool import str2bool
+
+# ############################################################################
+# ########## GLOBALS #############
+# ################################
+
+# logs
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
+default_settings = GeotribuDefaults()
+
+# ############################################################################
+# ########## FUNCTIONS ###########
+# ################################
+
+
+def configure_logger(verbosity: int = 1, logfile: Optional[Path] = None):
+    """Configure logging according to verbosity from CLI.
+
+    Args:
+        verbosity (int): verbosity level
+        logfile (Path, optional): file where to store log. Defaults to None.
+    """
+    # handle log level overridden by environment variable
+    verbosity = getenv("GEOTRIBU_LOGS_LEVEL", verbosity)
+    try:
+        verbosity = int(verbosity)
+    except ValueError as err:
+        logger.error(f"Bad verbosity value type: {err}. Fallback to 1.")
+        verbosity = 1
+
+    # set log level depending on verbosity argument
+    if 0 < verbosity < 4:
+        verbosity = 40 - (10 * verbosity)
+    elif verbosity >= 4:
+        # debug is the limit
+        verbosity = 40 - (10 * 3)
+    else:
+        verbosity = 0
+
+    # set console handler
+    log_console_handler = logging.StreamHandler()
+    log_console_handler.setLevel(verbosity)
+
+    # set log file
+    if not logfile:
+        logging.basicConfig(
+            level=verbosity,
+            format="%(asctime)s||%(levelname)s||%(module)s||%(funcName)s||%(lineno)d||%(message)s",
+            datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+            handlers=[log_console_handler],
+        )
+
+    else:
+        if getenv("GEOTRIBU_LOGS_DIR") and check_path(
+            input_path=Path(expandvars(expanduser(getenv("GEOTRIBU_LOGS_DIR")))),
+            must_be_a_file=False,
+            must_be_a_folder=True,
+            must_be_writable=True,
+            raise_error=False,
+        ):
+            logs_folder = Path(expandvars(expanduser(getenv("GEOTRIBU_LOGS_DIR"))))
+            logger.debug(
+                f"Logs folder set with GEOTRIBU_LOGS_DIR environment variable: {logs_folder}"
+            )
+        else:
+            logs_folder: Path = default_settings.geotribu_working_folder.joinpath(
+                "logs"
+            )
+            logger.debug(
+                "Logs folder specified in GEOTRIBU_LOGS_DIR environment variable "
+                f"{getenv('GEOTRIBU_LOGS_DIR')} can't be used (see logs above). Fallback on "
+                f"default folder: {logs_folder}"
+            )
+
+        # make sure folder exists
+        logs_folder.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True)
+        logs_filepath = Path(logs_folder, logfile)
+
+        log_file_handler = RotatingFileHandler(
+            backupCount=10,
+            delay=True,
+            encoding="UTF-8",
+            filename=logs_filepath,
+            maxBytes=3000000,
+            mode="a",
+        )
+        # force new file by execution
+        if logs_filepath.is_file():
+            log_file_handler.doRollover()
+
+        logging.basicConfig(
+            level=verbosity,
+            format="%(asctime)s||%(levelname)s||%(module)s||%(funcName)s||%(lineno)d||%(message)s",
+            datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
+            handlers=[log_console_handler, log_file_handler],
+        )
+
+        logger.info(f"Log file: {logs_filepath}")
+
+    headers()
+
+
+def headers():
+    """Basic information to log before other message."""
+    # initialize the log
+    logger.info(f"{'='*10} {__title__} - {__version__} {'='*10}")
+    logger.debug(f"Operating System: {platform()}")
+    logger.debug(f"Architecture: {architecture()[0]}")
+    logger.debug(f"Computer: {gethostname()}")
+    logger.debug(f"Launched by user: {getuser()}")
+
+    if getenv("userdomain"):
+        logger.debug(f"OS Domain: {getenv('userdomain')}")
+
+    if get_proxy_settings():
+        logger.debug(f"Network proxies detected: {get_proxy_settings()}")
+    else:
+        logger.debug("No network proxies detected")
+
+    if str2bool(getenv("QDT_SSL_USE_SYSTEM_STORES", False)):
+        logger.debug("Option to use native system certificates stores is enabled.")
+        if "REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE" in environ:
+            environ.pop("REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE")
+            logger.debug(
+                "Custom path to CA Bundle (REQUESTS_CA_BUNDLE) has been removed from "
+                "environment variables."
+            )
+        if "CURL_CA_BUNDLE" in environ:
+            environ.pop("CURL_CA_BUNDLE")
+            logger.debug(
+                "Custom path to CA Bundle (CURL_CA_BUNDLE) has been removed from "
+                "environment variables."
+            )
+
+
+def get_logger_filepath() -> Optional[Path]:
+    """Retrieve log filepath within logger handlers.
+
+    Returns:
+        Path | None: path to the logfile or None if no handler has baseFilename attr.
+    """
+    if logger.root.hasHandlers():
+        for handler in logger.root.handlers:
+            if hasattr(handler, "baseFilename"):
+                return Path(handler.baseFilename)
+
+    logger.warning("No file found in ay log handlers.")
+    return None
diff --git a/requirements/base.txt b/requirements/base.txt
index c06d3f8..30f99dd 100644
--- a/requirements/base.txt
+++ b/requirements/base.txt
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ markdownify>=0.11,<0.13
 Mastodon.py>=1.8.1,<1.9
 orjson>=3.8,<3.11
 packaging>=20,<25
-rich_argparse>=0.6,<1.5
+rich_argparse>=1,<1.5
 python-frontmatter>=1,<2
 requests>=2.31,<3
 typing-extensions>=4,<5 ; python_version < '3.11'