oshai/kotlin-logging

Health v2 · maintenance only

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3107 stars · 130 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A lightweight, pure-Kotlin multiplatform logging facade that provides convenient and performant logging APIs for Kotlin. It wraps slf4j on the JVM and offers lambda-based lazy message evaluation, automatic logger naming, and fluent logging.

Use cases

• add logging to a Kotlin JVM application
• log messages lazily without checking log levels manually
• use a consistent logging API across Kotlin multiplatform projects
• log exceptions in idiomatic Kotlin style
• replace verbose slf4j boilerplate in Android apps

When to choose

• you write Kotlin and want idiomatic, lambda-based logging
• you need a logging facade that works across Kotlin multiplatform targets
• you want lazy message evaluation for performance
• you already use slf4j and want a nicer API on top

When to avoid

• you need a full logging implementation rather than a facade
• your project is not Kotlin/JVM-based
• you need structured logging backends beyond what slf4j provides

Facets

library · maturity stable

logging developer-tools backend mobile-development jvm kotlin-multiplatform slf4j logging-facade android

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