NLog 4.5.0
NLog is a logging platform for .NET with rich log routing and management capabilities.
Showing the top 20 packages that depend on NLog.
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Castle.Core
Core of the castle project
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NLog 4.5 adds structured logging and .NET Standard support/UPW without breaking changes! Also a lot features has been added!
List of important changes in NLog 4.5
Features:
- Support for .Net Standard 2.0 [#2263] + [#2402] (@snakefoot)
- Support for .Net Standard 1.5 [#2341] (@snakefoot)
- Support for .Net Standard 1.3 (and UWP) [#2441] + [#2597] (Remember to manually flush on app suspend). (@snakefoot)
- Introduced Structured logging [#2208] + [#2262] + [#2244] + [#2544] (@snakefoot, @304NotModified, @jods4, @nblumhardt) - see https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/How-to-use-structured-logging
- Json conversion also supports object properties [#2179], [#2555] (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
- event-properties layout-renderer can now render objects as json [#2241] (@snakefoot, @304NotModified)
- exception layout-renderer can now render exceptions as json [#2357] (@snakefoot)
- Default file archive logic is now easier to use [#1993] (@snakefoot)
- Introduced InstallationContext.ThrowExceptions [#2214] (@rbarillec)
- WebServiceTarget - Allow configuration of proxy address [#2375] (@snakefoot)
- WebServiceTarget - JsonPost with JsonLayout without being wrapped in parameter [#2590] (@snakefoot)
- $, added GeneratedFromLogEvent [#2226] (@snakefoot)
- TraceTarget RawWrite to always perform Trace.WriteLine independent of LogLevel [#1968] (@snakefoot)
- Adding OverflowAction options to BufferingTargetWrapper [#2276] (@mikegron)
- WhenRepeatedFilter - Filtering of identical LogEvents [#2123] + [#2297] (@snakefoot)
- $ added CleanNamesOfAsyncContinuations option [#2292] (@tkhaugen, @304NotModified)
- $ allows timing of ndlc-scopes [#2377] (@snakefoot)
- NLogViewerTarget - Enable override of the Logger-name [#2390] (@snakefoot)
- $ added [#2411] (@MikeFH)
- Added "regex-matches" for filtering [#2437] (@MikeFH)
- $, $ & - Support Format parameter [#2500] (@snakefoot)
- $ added [#2491] (@UgurAldanmaz)
- $: add type (File, Assembly, Informational) option [#2487] (@alexangas)
- FileTarget: Support byte order mark [#2456] (@KYegres)
- TargetWithContext - Easier to create custom NLog targets with support for MDLC and NDLC [#2467] (@snakefoot)
- $ - Without line number [#2591] (@brunotag)
- MDC + MDLC with SetScoped property support [#2592] (@MikeFH)
- LoggingConfiguration AddRule includes final-parameter [#2612] (@893949088)
BugFixes:
- Improve archive stability during concurrent file access [#1889] (@snakefoot)
- FallbackGroup could lose log events [#2265] (@frabar666)
- $ - only include separator when items are available [#2257] (@jojosardez)
- LogFactory - Fixes broken EventArgs for ConfigurationChanged [#1897] (@snakefoot)
- Do not report wrapped targets as unused targets [#2290] (@thesmallbang)
- Added IIncludeContext, implemented missing properties [#2117] (@304NotModified)
- Improve logging of callsite linenumber for async-methods [#2386] (@snakefoot)
- NLogTraceListener - DisableFlush is enabled by default when AutoFlush=true [#2407] (@snakefoot)
- NLogViewer - Better defaults for connection limits [#2404] (@304NotModified)
- LoggingConfiguration.LoggingRules is not thread safe [#2393], [#2418]
- Fix XmlLoggingConfiguration reloading [#2475] (@snakefoot)
- Database Target now supports EntityFramework ConnectionStrings [#2510] (@Misiu, @snakefoot)
- LoggingConfiguration.RemoveTarget now works while actively logging [#2549] (@jojosardez, @snakefoot)
- FileTarget does not fail on platforms without global mutex support [#2604] (@snakefoot)
- LoggingConfiguration does not fail when AutoReload is not possible on the platforms without FileWatcher [#2603] (@snakefoot)
Performance:
- More targets has OptimizeBufferReuse enabled by default [#1913] + [#1923] + [#1912] + [#1911] + [#1910] + [#1909] + [#1908] + [#1907] + [#2560] (@snakefoot)
- StringBuilderPool - Improved Layout Render Performance by reusing StringBuilders [#2208] (@snakefoot)
- JsonLayout - Improved Layout Performance, by optimizing use of StringBuilder [#2208] (@snakefoot)
- FileTarget - Faster byte-encoding of log messsages, by using crude Encoding.GetMaxByteCount() instead of exact Encoding.GetByteCount() [#2208] (@snakefoot)
- Target - Precalculate Layout should ignore sub-layouts for complex layout (Ex Json) [#2378] (@snakefoot)
- MessageLayoutRenderer - Skip
string.Formatallocation (for caching) when writing to a single target, instead format directly into output buffer. [#2507] (@snakefoot)
for full list, see https://github.com/NLog/NLog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
for what is supported in each platform, see https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/platform-support
.NET Framework 3.5
- No dependencies.
.NET Framework 4.0
- No dependencies.
.NET Framework 4.5
- No dependencies.
.NET Standard 1.3
- Microsoft.Extensions.PlatformAbstractions (>= 1.0.0)
- NETStandard.Library (>= 1.6.0)
- System.Collections.NonGeneric (>= 4.0.1)
- System.ComponentModel.Primitives (>= 4.1.0)
- System.Data.Common (>= 4.1.0)
- System.Diagnostics.StackTrace (>= 4.0.1)
- System.Net.NameResolution (>= 4.0.0)
- System.Net.Requests (>= 4.0.11)
- System.Reflection.TypeExtensions (>= 4.1.0)
- System.Xml.XmlDocument (>= 4.0.1)
.NET Standard 1.5
- NETStandard.Library (>= 1.6.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Primitives (>= 4.1.0)
- System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter (>= 4.1.0)
- System.Data.Common (>= 4.1.0)
- System.Diagnostics.Process (>= 4.1.0)
- System.Diagnostics.StackTrace (>= 4.0.1)
- System.Diagnostics.TraceSource (>= 4.0.0)
- System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher (>= 4.0.0)
- System.Net.NameResolution (>= 4.0.0)
- System.Net.Requests (>= 4.0.11)
- System.Reflection.TypeExtensions (>= 4.1.0)
- System.Runtime.Loader (>= 4.0.0)
- System.Threading.Thread (>= 4.0.0)
- System.Xml.XmlDocument (>= 4.0.1)
MonoAndroid 4.4
- No dependencies.
Silverlight 4.0
- No dependencies.
Silverlight 5.0
- No dependencies.
WindowsPhone 8.0
- No dependencies.
Xamarin.iOS 1.0
- No dependencies.
.NET Standard 2.0
- No dependencies.
| Version | Downloads | Last updated |
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| 6.0.4 | 3 | 09/19/2025 |
| 6.0.3 | 2 | 09/19/2025 |
| 6.0.2 | 3 | 07/31/2025 |
| 6.0.1 | 3 | 07/31/2025 |
| 6.0.0 | 2 | 09/19/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc4 | 3 | 07/31/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc3 | 4 | 07/24/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc2 | 4 | 06/03/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc1 | 4 | 06/03/2025 |
| 6.0.0-preview1 | 4 | 06/03/2025 |
| 5.5.1 | 2 | 09/19/2025 |
| 5.5.0 | 3 | 06/04/2025 |
| 5.4.0 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.3.4 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.3.3 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.3.2 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.3.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.8 | 6 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.7 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.6 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.5 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.4 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.3 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.2 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.2.0 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.1.5 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.1.4 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.1.3 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.1.2 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.1.1 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.1.0 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.0.5 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.0.4 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.0.3 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.0.2 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.0.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 5.0.0 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.15 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.14 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.13 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.12 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.11 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.10 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.9 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.8 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.7 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.6 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.5 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.4 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.3 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.2 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.7.0 | 6 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.8 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.7 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.6 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.5 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.4 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.3 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.2 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.6.0 | 6 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.11 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.10 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.9 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.8 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.7 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.6 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.5 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.4 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.3 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.2 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.5.0 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.13 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.12 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.11 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.10 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.9 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.8 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.7 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.6 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.5 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.4 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.3 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.2 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.1 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.4.0 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.11 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.10 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.9 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.8 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.7 | 6 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.6 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.5 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.4 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.3 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.2 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.3.0 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.2.3 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.2.2 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.2.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.2.0 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.1.2 | 6 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.1.1 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.1.0 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.0.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 4.0.0 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 3.2.1 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 3.2.0 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 3.1.0 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 3.0.0 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 2.1.0 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |
| 2.0.1.2 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 2.0.0.2000 | 4 | 02/27/2025 |
| 1.0.0.505 | 5 | 02/27/2025 |