facebookarchive/scribe
Scribe is a server for aggregating log data streamed in real time from a large number of servers. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
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: 6362
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2197
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
3908 stars · 772 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Scribe is a server for aggregating log data streamed in real time from a large number of clients, designed to be scalable and reliable. It was developed at Facebook and is now an archived project with no further support.
Use cases
- aggregate logs from many servers in real time
- centralize application log collection
- stream log data to Hadoop
- build a scalable log pipeline
- collect logs from distributed services
When to choose
- you maintain a legacy stack already built around Scribe and Thrift
- you need a proven, simple log aggregator for an old C++/Thrift environment
When to avoid
- you are starting a new project - the repo is archived and unsupported
- you need modern log aggregation - use Fluentd, Vector, or Kafka instead
- you need active community support or recent updates
Facets
service · maturity abandoned
logging message-queue streaming monitoring microservices big-data cpp self-hosted log-aggregation thrift facebook archived centralized-logging devops linux web-server
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/facebookarchive/scribe · fetched 2026-08-28 · 060bad7a2919
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| facebookarchive/scribe | main | 10 |
For agents
markdown · JSON · MCP: product_card(name="facebookarchive/scribe")
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