Log4Net

Apache Log4net is a versatile, feature-rich, efficient logging API and backend for .NET (by apache)

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Log4Net reviews and mentions

Posts with mentions or reviews of Log4Net. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-06-09.
  • log4net VS Serilog - a user suggested alternative
    3 projects | 9 Jun 2025
    Redirect the obsolete to the official: https://www.libhunt.com/r/logging-log4net
  • How to send logs to Azure Application Insights using log4net
    2 projects | dev.to | 11 Dec 2024
    I recently worked on a .Net application that sends its logs to files on the local file system using the log4Net Framework (see the documentation here). With the objective of improving and centralising logs, we considered sending the logs to an Azure Application Insight. Of course, we can use the App Insight SDK, but to avoid multiplying the code, we decided to extend Log4nNet by using a Log4Net appender dedicated to App Insight. In this post walks you through the steps to configure Log4net with the Application Insights appender and view your logs in the Azure portal.
  • Architecture/design
    1 project | /r/csharp | 26 Nov 2021
    If you google common nuget libs you’ll get a good idea. Most successful packages have grown pretty large and will exemplify good project architecture. https://github.com/apache/logging-log4net
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