go-logger VS zerolog

Compare go-logger vs zerolog and see what are their differences.

go-logger

Simple logger for Go programs. Allows custom formats for messages. (by apsdehal)
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go-logger zerolog
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go-logger

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

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 2023-08-08.
  • Go 1.21 Released
    7 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Aug 2023
    Be aware that there is a performance impact compared to using zerolog directly [0] (my uneducated guess is it is likely due to pointer indirection).

    [0]: https://github.com/rs/zerolog/issues/571#issuecomment-166202...

  • How to start a Go project in 2023
    21 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 23 May 2023
    Things I can't live without in a new Go project in no particular order:

    - https://github.com/golangci/golangci-lint - meta-linter

    - https://goreleaser.com - automate release workflows

    - https://magefile.org - build tool that can version your tools

    - https://github.com/ory/dockertest/v3 - run containers for e2e testing

    - https://github.com/ecordell/optgen - generate functional options

    - https://golang.org/x/tools/cmd/stringer - generate String()

    - https://mvdan.cc/gofumpt - stricter gofmt

    - https://github.com/stretchr/testify - test assertion library

    - https://github.com/rs/zerolog - logging

    - https://github.com/spf13/cobra - CLI framework

    FWIW, I just lifted all the tools we use for https://github.com/authzed/spicedb

    We've also written some custom linters that might be useful for other folks: https://github.com/authzed/spicedb/tree/main/tools/analyzers

  • claim: qlog is faster, simpler and more efficient that slog; and does more practically useful stuff too
    4 projects | /r/golang | 14 May 2023
    Can you compare it against zerolog?
  • Zerolog printing logs multiple times
    2 projects | /r/golang | 19 Apr 2023
    Hello gophers, I am using https://github.com/uber-go/fx and https://github.com/rs/zerolog for logging.
  • Doubt around "Test only public functions" concept
    2 projects | /r/golang | 5 Apr 2023
    Hovewer it is not bad to export such a function, if it is done purely for convenience. For example github.com/rs/zerolog works on a logger instances, which can be created manually, but they also provide a github.com/rs/zerolog/blob//log package, which provide you access to the global logger which is more convenient in most cases
  • Tools besides Go for a newbie
    36 projects | /r/golang | 26 Mar 2023
    IDE: use whatever make you productive. I personally use vscode. VCS: git, as golang communities use github heavily as base for many libraries. AFAIK Linter: use staticcheck for linting as it looks like mostly used linting tool in go, supported by many also. In Vscode it will be recommended once you install go plugin. Libraries/Framework: actually the standard libraries already included many things you need, decent enough for your day-to-day development cycles(e.g. `net/http`). But here are things for extra: - Struct fields validator: validator - Http server lib: chi router , httprouter , fasthttp (for non standard http implementations, but fast) - Web Framework: echo , gin , fiber , beego , etc - Http client lib: most already covered by stdlib(net/http), so you rarely need extra lib for this, but if you really need some are: resty - CLI: cobra - Config: godotenv , viper - DB Drivers: sqlx , postgre , sqlite , mysql - nosql: redis , mongodb , elasticsearch - ORM: gorm , entgo , sqlc(codegen) - JS Transpiler: gopherjs - GUI: fyne - grpc: grpc - logging: zerolog - test: testify , gomock , dockertest - and many others you can find here
  • What is the common log library which is industry standard that is used in server applications?
    5 projects | /r/golang | 21 Mar 2023
    I use zerolog myself and have seen it being used in production several times. Also they have a list of who uses zerolog
  • Log: A minimal, colorful Go logging library 🪵
    2 projects | /r/commandline | 21 Feb 2023
    This would be so awesome if it was extending an awesome logger like https://github.com/rs/zerolog. Personally I love zerolog because of how it handles different data types including structs!
  • Best Logging Library for Golang
    6 projects | dev.to | 12 Feb 2023
    logrus README recommended using other libraries such as Zerolog, Zap, and Apex.
  • If you had to choose a logging framework, which one would you use?
    2 projects | /r/golang | 19 Oct 2022

What are some alternatives?

When comparing go-logger and zerolog you can also consider the following projects:

logrus - Structured, pluggable logging for Go.

zap - Blazing fast, structured, leveled logging in Go.

stdlog - Logging packages for Go

lumberjack - lumberjack is a log rolling package for Go

gologger

glog - Leveled execution logs for Go

phuslu/log - High performance structured logging

Gin - Gin is a HTTP web framework written in Go (Golang). It features a Martini-like API with much better performance -- up to 40 times faster. If you need smashing performance, get yourself some Gin.

log - Structured logging package for Go.