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lumberjack is a log rolling package for Go observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/natefinch/lumberjack · Go · MIT (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
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: 4463
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 758
  • n_releases_24m: 0

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Adoption not part of the score

5462 stars · 655 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Lumberjack is a Go package for writing logs to rolling files, handling rotation by size, age, and backup count. It is a pluggable io.Writer component that works with any logging library, including the standard library's log package.

Use cases

  • rotate log files by size in a Go application
  • limit disk usage by deleting old log backups
  • compress rotated log files
  • plug rolling file output into zap or standard log
  • write logs to files with automatic rotation

When to choose

  • you need log file rotation in a Go program
  • you want a simple io.Writer-based rolling logger
  • you need size/age/backup retention policies for logs

When to avoid

  • you need a full logging framework with formatting and levels
  • multiple processes write to the same log files
  • you need centralized or network log shipping

Facets

library · maturity stable

logging file-system compression developer-tools backend go cross-platform log-rotation rolling-files io-writer devops

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