# adamschwartz/log

Console.log with style.

Repository: https://github.com/adamschwartz/log
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/adamschwartz-log
Homepage: https://adamschwartz.co/log
Language: HTML
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: log, devtools, console, js
Last push: 2023-04-08T01:27:48+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4891, "days_push": 1244, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3008, forks 142 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:37.728305+00:00)

## What it is
A tiny JavaScript library that enhances console.log with styled output, supporting markdown-like syntax for italic, bold, and code formatting plus custom CSS styling. It safely falls back to plain console.log in unsupported browsers.

## Use cases
- style console.log output in the browser
- format debug messages with bold and italic text
- colorize console messages with custom CSS
- safely call log in any browser without errors
- make browser devtools debugging output more readable

## When to choose
- you want prettier, styled console output during frontend debugging
- you need a drop-in safe replacement for console.log
- you want markdown-style quick formatting in devtools logs

## When to avoid
- you need structured or production-grade logging with levels and transports
- you log primarily in Node.js rather than the browser
- you need log aggregation or persistence

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: logging, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-development, frontend
- platform: browser
- tags: console-log, styled-logging, devtools, markdown-formatting, debugging, javascript

## Member repositories
- adamschwartz/log (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.728305+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:30:18.293409+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/adamschwartz/log (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:37.728305+00:00, sha dcc5796d2380)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.