JakeWharton/timber
A logger with a small, extensible API which provides utility on top of Android's normal Log class. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
67/100
- Activity 99
- 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: 4794
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 9
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
10846 stars · 995 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Timber is a lightweight, extensible logging library for Android built on top of the standard android.util.Log class. Behavior is added by planting Tree instances, and it ships with embedded lint rules to catch common logging mistakes.
Use cases
- log messages in an Android app with automatic class-name tags
- plant custom logging trees for crash reporting or file logging
- avoid logging in production builds
- catch wrong format string arguments with lint checks
- replace verbose android.util.Log calls with a cleaner API
When to choose
- you are building an Android app and want a simple, extensible logging API
- you want automatic tags derived from the calling class
- you want lint rules enforcing logging best practices
When to avoid
- you are not developing for Android or the JVM
- you need structured or centralized logging infrastructure for backend services
- you need a logging facade for multi-platform non-Android projects
Facets
library · maturity stable
logging android-tools developer-tools mobile-development jvm android-logging extensible-api lint-rules debug-tree android
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/JakeWharton/timber · fetched 2026-08-28 · 5db0c52055f2
- homepage: https://jakewharton.github.io/timber/docs/5.x/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · a5285db7ae2c
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| JakeWharton/timber | main | 67 |
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