Automated ranking

Best Go Logging Libraries

Compare go logging libraries by maintenance, adoption, security, release activity, and Go ecosystem usage. Top packages in this group include slog-multi, Zerolog, Zap.

Best overall

slog-multi

Highest combined package health score.

Best maintained

slog-multi

Strongest maintenance signal in this category.

Most adopted

slog-multi

Highest adoption signal from stars, forks, and imported-by data.

100

Ranked Packages

17 packages

#1 slog-multi

🚨 Design workflows of slog handlers: pipeline, middleware, fanout, routing, failover, load balancing...

Go Logging Libraries 626 stars 237 imported-by 100% confidence

#2 Zerolog

Package zerolog provides a lightweight logging library dedicated to JSON logging.

Go Logging Libraries 12.4K stars 30.5K imported-by 100% confidence

#3 Zap

Package zap provides fast, structured, leveled logging.

Go Logging Libraries 24.5K stars 119.7K imported-by 65% confidence

#4 logger

Package logger defines the structured logging interface and a global default logger that components use when no explicit logger is configured.

Go Logging Libraries 55 stars 615 imported-by 95% confidence

#5 Logrus

Package logrus is a structured logger for Go, completely API compatible with the standard library logger.

Go Logging Libraries 25.7K stars 0 imported-by 65% confidence

#6 phuslu/log

Fastest structured logging

Go Logging Libraries 859 stars 0 imported-by 45% confidence

#7 log

Package log provides a structured logger.

Go Logging Libraries 193 stars 4.5K imported-by 95% confidence

#8 log

Structured logging package for Go.

Go Logging Libraries 1.4K stars 4.7K imported-by 65% confidence

#9 go-stem

Implementation of the porter stemming algorithm.

Go Logging Libraries 81 stars 40 imported-by 100% confidence

#10 graphlib

Topological sort lib,Sorting and pruning of DAG graphs.

Go Logging Libraries 4 stars 1 imported-by 100% confidence

#11 porter

Package porter implements the Porter stemming algorithm.

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 2 imported-by 80% confidence

#12 oops

🔥 Error handling library with context, assertion, stack trace and source fragments

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 0 imported-by 55% confidence

#13 eris

Package eris provides a better way to handle, trace, and log errors in Go.

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 1.2K imported-by 80% confidence

#14 redact

Redact sensitive information from slog-based logs using a configurable pipeline.

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 0 imported-by 80% confidence

#15 log

An O(1) logging system that allows you to connect one log to multiple writers (e.g. stdout, a file and a TCP connection).

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 4 imported-by 80% confidence

#16 gone/jconf

Fast, extendable, full-featured, std-lib source compatible log library.

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 0 imported-by 25% confidence

#17 stdlog

Package log provides a common interface for logging libraries.

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 0 imported-by 60% confidence

Comparison Matrix

score dimensions

Package	Health	Maintenance	Adoption	Security	Imported by
slog-multi	95	95	100	92	237
Zerolog	94	90	100	92	30.5K
Zap	92	88	100	92	119.7K
logger	86	90	91	92	615
Logrus	86	88	100	70	0
phuslu/log	78	90	71	70	0
log	76	38	100	92	4.5K
log	73	27	100	92	4.7K
go-stem	63	15	77	92	40
graphlib	63	63	24	92	1
porter	61	75	15	92	2
oops	58	90	5	70	0
eris	54	15	60	92	1.2K
redact	51	45	7	92	0
log	44	15	19	92	4
gone/jconf	44	48	7	70	0
stdlog	35	15	7	70	0

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