# orhanobut/logger

✔️ Simple, pretty and powerful logger for android

Repository: https://github.com/orhanobut/logger
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/logger
Language: Java
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, java, log, logger, logcat, pretty-printer, timber, json-logging
Last push: 2022-09-14T10:04:00+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": 4184, "days_push": 1449, "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 13840, forks 2123 (observed 2026-08-28T04:11:04.930953+00:00)

## What it is
A simple, pretty, and powerful logging library for Android that formats log output with borders, thread info, method traces, and pretty-printed JSON/XML. It supports pluggable log adapters for LogCat and disk-based logging.

## Use cases
- pretty-print logs in Android logcat
- log JSON and XML payloads readably
- save app logs to a file on disk
- customize log tags and method trace depth
- hide logs in release builds

## When to choose
- you want attractive, structured logcat output in an Android app
- you need to debug JSON/XML responses
- you want disk-based logging via a log adapter

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained library with recent updates
- you are not developing for Android/JVM
- you prefer Timber's ecosystem without extra adapters

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: logging, serialization
- domain: android-tools, developer-tools, mobile-development
- platform: jvm
- tags: logcat, pretty-printing, timber, -logging, disk-logging, android

## Member repositories
- orhanobut/logger (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.930953+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 2026-08-29T17:13:00.330494+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/orhanobut/logger (fetched 2026-08-28T04:11:04.930953+00:00, sha 10c5edb91175)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.