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inconshreveable/log15

Structured, composable logging for Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/inconshreveable/log15 · homepage · Go · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

69/100

  • Activity 82
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases no_license

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4489
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 112
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1104 stars · 143 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

log15 is a structured, composable logging library for Go that promotes key/value pair logging with child loggers and a flexible Handler interface. It offers built-in output to files, streams, syslog, and the network, and now provides a v3 module with a compatibility layer for migration.

Use cases

  • add structured key/value logging to a Go application
  • create child loggers with inherited context
  • log to files, syslog, or the network in Go
  • build custom logging pipelines with a small Handler API
  • migrate legacy log15 code to a Go-modules-compatible v3

When to choose

  • you want simple, opinionated structured logging in Go with minimal dependencies
  • you need composable handlers for forking, buffering, or failover of log records
  • you have existing log15 code and want to move to the v3 module

When to avoid

  • you are starting a new Go project - the standard library's log/slog is likely a better fit
  • you need caller file/stack information, which was removed in v3
  • you need color terminal output via the term subpackage, which no longer exists in v3

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

logging developer-tools developer-tools backend go cross-platform structured-logging golang key-value-logging handler-based slog-alternative

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