# facebookarchive/scribe

Scribe is a server for aggregating log data streamed in real time from a large number of servers.

Repository: https://github.com/facebookarchive/scribe
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/scribe
Language: C++
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Archived: true
Last push: 2020-08-27T18:55:14+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6362, "days_push": 2197, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3908, forks 772 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:28.812051+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: service
- maturity: abandoned
- function: logging, message-queue, streaming
- domain: monitoring, microservices, big-data
- platform: cpp, self-hosted
- tags: log-aggregation, thrift, facebook, archived, centralized-logging, devops, linux, web-server

## Member repositories
- facebookarchive/scribe (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:28.812051+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 2026-08-29T18:25:06.115283+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/facebookarchive/scribe (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:28.812051+00:00, sha 060bad7a2919)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.