log4cplus VS spdlog

Compare log4cplus vs spdlog and see what are their differences.

log4cplus

log4cplus is a simple to use C++ logging API providing thread-safe, flexible, and arbitrarily granular control over log management and configuration. It is modelled after the Java log4j API. (by log4cplus)
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log4cplus spdlog
- 48
1,705 27,157
0.2% 0.9%
8.1 8.7
13 days ago 25 days ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT
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log4cplus

Posts with mentions or reviews of log4cplus. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning log4cplus yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

spdlog

Posts with mentions or reviews of spdlog. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-07-06.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing log4cplus and spdlog you can also consider the following projects:

glog - C++ implementation of the Google logging module

Boost.Log - Boost Logging library

easyloggingpp - C++ logging library. It is powerful, supports asynchronous low latency, extendable, light-weight, fast performing, thread and type safe and consists of many built-in features. It provides ability to write logs in your own customized format. It also provide support for logging your classes, third-party libraries, STL and third-party containers etc.

loguru - A lightweight C++ logging library

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