Rainbow VS XCGLogger

Compare Rainbow vs XCGLogger and see what are their differences.

Rainbow

Delightful console output for Swift developers. (by onevcat)

XCGLogger

A debug log framework for use in Swift projects. Allows you to log details to the console (and optionally a file), just like you would have with NSLog() or print(), but with additional information, such as the date, function name, filename and line number. (by DaveWoodCom)
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Rainbow XCGLogger
2 2
1,815 3,887
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2.1 0.0
8 months ago 6 days ago
Swift Swift
MIT License MIT License
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Rainbow

Posts with mentions or reviews of Rainbow. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-12-03.

XCGLogger

Posts with mentions or reviews of XCGLogger. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-21.
  • Awesome macOS Libraries List
    76 projects | dev.to | 21 Jan 2022
    XCGLogger - A debug log framework for use in Swift projects. Allows you to log details to the console (and optionally a file), just like you would have with NSLog() or print(), but with additional information, such as the date, function name, filename and line number. Language: Swift.
  • Swift Utilities for writing to and reading from the device log
    17 projects | dev.to | 3 Dec 2021
    XCGLogger - Full featured & Configurable logging utility with log levels, timestamps, and line numbers.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Rainbow and XCGLogger you can also consider the following projects:

SwiftyBeaver - Convenient & secure logging during development & release in Swift 4 & 5

Log - An extensible logging framework for Swift

CocoaLumberjack - A fast & simple, yet powerful & flexible logging framework for macOS, iOS, tvOS and watchOS

Puree - [Obsoleted] A log collector for iOS (new version! -> https://github.com/cookpad/Puree-Swift)

NSLogger - A modern, flexible logging tool

QorumLogs - :closed_book: Swift Logging Utility for Xcode & Google Docs

CleanroomLogger - CleanroomLogger provides an extensible Swift-based logging API that is simple, lightweight and performant

Watchdog - Class for logging excessive blocking on the main thread

TinyConsole - 📱💬🚦 TinyConsole is a micro-console that can help you log and display information inside an iOS application, where having a connection to a development computer is not possible.

Willow - Willow is a powerful, yet lightweight logging library written in Swift.