Log4r VS Logging

Compare Log4r vs Logging and see what are their differences.

Log4r

Log4r is a comprehensive and flexible logging library for use in Ruby programs. It features a heirarchical logging system of any number of levels, custom level names, multiple output destinations per log event, custom formatting, and more. (by colbygk)

Logging

A flexible logging library for use in Ruby programs based on the design of Java's log4j library. (by TwP)
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Log4r Logging
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0.0 1.8
about 2 years ago 5 months ago
Ruby Ruby
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later MIT License
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Log4r

Posts with mentions or reviews of Log4r. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-01-05.

Logging

Posts with mentions or reviews of Logging. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-24.
  • Manage Your Ruby Logs Like a Pro
    5 projects | dev.to | 24 May 2023
    You can choose from a number of third-party logging libraries, including Logging — based on Java's log4j library — and Lograge. Lograge is a feature-rich logging library meant to simplify the often messy and verbose Rails logs characteristic of the default application logger.
  • Custom logging in Rails apps - do you?
    3 projects | /r/ruby | 5 Jan 2021
    For Ruby I use (Logging)[https://github.com/TwP/logging] and while I'm not happy with its Rails gem it can be used without it.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Log4r and Logging you can also consider the following projects:

Lograge - An attempt to tame Rails' default policy to log everything.

Semantic Logger - Semantic Logger is a feature rich logging framework, and replacement for existing Ruby & Rails loggers.

Fluentd - Fluentd: Unified Logging Layer (project under CNCF)

HttpLog - Log outgoing HTTP requests in ruby

LogStashLogger - Ruby logger that writes logstash events

HttpLogger - Log your http api calls just like SQL queries

Yell - Yell - Your Extensible Logging Library

MongoDB Logger - MongoDB logger for Rails

Cabin - Structured+contextual logging experiments in Ruby