# gliderlabs/logspout

Log routing for Docker container logs

Repository: https://github.com/gliderlabs/logspout
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/logspout
Language: Go
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: docker, syslog, docker-logs
Last push: 2023-07-11T20:36:12+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": 4495, "days_push": 1149, "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 4689, forks 662 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:57.008499+00:00)

## What it is
Logspout is a log router for Docker containers that runs inside Docker, attaching to all containers on a host and routing their stdout/stderr logs to remote destinations like syslog. It is a small, mostly stateless log appliance with an extensible module system.

## Use cases
- ship docker container logs to remote syslog
- route all container stdout and stderr to a log aggregator
- send docker logs to papertrail over tls
- collect logs from all containers on a host
- ignore specific containers when shipping logs

## When to choose
- you want a tiny stateless container that forwards docker logs elsewhere
- you use syslog-compatible log destinations
- you need an extensible log routing appliance for docker

## When to avoid
- you need log history, storage, or log file management
- you need to capture container syslog rather than stdout/stderr
- you need advanced log processing or filtering

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: logging, monitoring
- domain: monitoring
- platform: go, self-hosted
- tags: docker-logs, log-shipping, syslog, log-router, devops, containers, docker, linux

## Member repositories
- gliderlabs/logspout (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.008499+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 2026-08-29T18:19:16.428361+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/gliderlabs/logspout (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:57.008499+00:00, sha 659f45e4ffe1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.