ZeroLog
A high-performance, zero-allocation .NET logging library. (by Abc-Arbitrage)
Log4Net
Apache Log4net is a versatile, feature-rich, efficient logging API and backend for .NET (by apache)
| ZeroLog | Log4Net | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | |
| 419 | 893 | |
| 1.0% | 0.8% | |
| 6.0 | 9.3 | |
| 30 days ago | 7 days ago | |
| C# | C# | |
| MIT License | Apache License 2.0 |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
ZeroLog
Posts with mentions or reviews of ZeroLog.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-06-10.
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ZeroLog VS NLog - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 10 Jun 2025
Log4Net
Posts with mentions or reviews of Log4Net.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-06-09.
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log4net VS Serilog - a user suggested alternative
3 projects | 9 Jun 2025
Redirect the obsolete to the official: https://www.libhunt.com/r/logging-log4net
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How to send logs to Azure Application Insights using log4net
I recently worked on a .Net application that sends its logs to files on the local file system using the log4Net Framework (see the documentation here). With the objective of improving and centralising logs, we considered sending the logs to an Azure Application Insight. Of course, we can use the App Insight SDK, but to avoid multiplying the code, we decided to extend Log4nNet by using a Log4Net appender dedicated to App Insight. In this post walks you through the steps to configure Log4net with the Application Insights appender and view your logs in the Azure portal.
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Architecture/design
If you google common nuget libs you’ll get a good idea. Most successful packages have grown pretty large and will exemplify good project architecture. https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net
What are some alternatives?
When comparing ZeroLog and Log4Net you can also consider the following projects:
NReco.Logging.File - Generic file logger for .NET Core (FileLoggerProvider) with minimal dependencies
Serilog - Simple .NET logging with fully-structured events
NLog - NLog - Flexible and Structured Logging for Various .NET Platforms
ULogViewer - Cross-Platform Universal Log Viewer.
Semantic Logging Application Block (SLAB) - Supporting semantic/structured logging for .NET