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 Logrus, Zerolog, Zap.

Best overall

Logrus

Highest combined package health score.

Best maintained

Logrus

Strongest maintenance signal in this category.

Most adopted

Logrus

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

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Ranked Packages

15 packages

#1 Logrus

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

Go Logging Libraries 25.7K stars 240.0K 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 90% confidence

#3 Zap

Package zap provides fast, structured, leveled logging.

Go Logging Libraries 24.5K stars 0 imported-by 65% confidence

#4 phuslu/log

Fastest structured logging

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 343 imported-by 80% confidence

#5 slog-multi

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

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 237 imported-by 80% confidence

#6 oops

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

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 332 imported-by 40% confidence

#7 log

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

#8 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

#9 porter

This is a fairly straightforward port of Martin Porter's C implementation of the Porter stemming algorithm.

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 2 imported-by 45% confidence

#10 graphlib

Topological sort lib,Sorting and pruning of DAG graphs.

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 1 imported-by 45% confidence

#11 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 0 imported-by 25% confidence

#12 log

Package log provides a structured logger.

Go Logging Libraries 0 stars 0 imported-by 20% confidence

#13 gone/jconf

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

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

#14 log

Package log implements a simple structured logging API designed with few assumptions.

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

#15 go-stem

Implementation of the porter stemming algorithm.

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

Comparison Matrix

score dimensions

Package	Health	Maintenance	Adoption	Security	Imported by
Logrus	96	95	100	92	240.0K
Zerolog	87	83	100	70	30.5K
Zap	87	88	100	70	0
phuslu/log	73	83	50	92	343
slog-multi	73	83	47	92	237
oops	59	48	43	92	332
log	56	83	5	70	0
eris	54	15	60	92	1.2K
porter	52	48	15	92	2
graphlib	51	48	12	92	1
log	44	48	7	70	0
log	43	48	5	70	0
gone/jconf	38	15	7	92	0
log	36	15	7	70	0
go-stem	34	15	7	70	0