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Top 23 C++ Logging Projects
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Project mention: Quill vs spdlog: Which C++ Logger Is Better for Low-Latency Applications? | dev.to | 2026-06-18
spdlog is one of the best-known C++ logging libraries and a strong general-purpose choice. It is mature, easy to use, and has a broad feature set.
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POCO
The POCO C++ Libraries are powerful cross-platform C++ libraries for building network- and internet-based applications that run on desktop, server, mobile, IoT, and embedded systems.
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NanoLog
Nanolog is an extremely performant nanosecond scale logging system for C++ that exposes a simple printf-like API.
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Project mention: Quill vs spdlog: Which C++ Logger Is Better for Low-Latency Applications? | dev.to | 2026-06-18
Quill was designed for a narrower problem:
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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.
git clone https://github.com/log4cplus/log4cplus.git cd log4cplus mkdir build && cd build cmake .. make -j$(nproc) sudo make install
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clp
Compressed Log Processor (CLP) is a free log management tool capable of compressing logs and searching the compressed logs without decompression.
Project mention: CLP: Compress Your Logs. Search Without Decompression | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-01-01 -
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G3log
G3log is an asynchronous, "crash safe", logger that is easy to use with default logging sinks or you can add your own. G3log is made with plain C++14 (C++11 support up to release 1.3.2) with no external libraries (except gtest used for unit tests). G3log is made to be cross-platform, currently running on OSX, Windows and several Linux distros. See Readme below for details of usage.
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Project mention: How Close Can C++ Inter-Process Calls Get to Raw Socket Speed? | dev.to | 2026-06-25
Repo: github.com/aregtech/areg-sdk
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NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
C++ Logging discussion
C++ Logging related posts
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Superlogical – Mitchell Hashimoto
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log4cplus user manual
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Quill vs spdlog: Which C++ Logger Is Better for Low-Latency Applications?
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Domain-Based C++ Logging With Nova
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CLP: Compress Your Logs. Search Without Decompression
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Lwlog 1.5.0 Released
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Asynchronous backend on modern C++ 23.
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Logging projects in C++? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | spdlog | 29,457 |
| 2 | lnav | 10,527 |
| 3 | POCO | 9,463 |
| 4 | NanoLog | 3,352 |
| 5 | quill | 2,993 |
| 6 | plog | 2,571 |
| 7 | palanteer | 2,212 |
| 8 | loguru | 1,901 |
| 9 | log4cplus | 1,727 |
| 10 | clp | 1,078 |
| 11 | fmtlog | 1,022 |
| 12 | G3log | 960 |
| 13 | reckless | 509 |
| 14 | areg-sdk | 360 |
| 15 | lwlog | 350 |
| 16 | UltimateStarterKit | 348 |
| 17 | binary_log | 230 |
| 18 | mini-async-log | 222 |
| 19 | Boost.Log | 210 |
| 20 | Blackhole | 204 |
| 21 | RejsaRubberTrac | 192 |
| 22 | loggedfs | 134 |
| 23 | qspdlog | 73 |
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