NLog 4.6.0
NLog is a logging platform for .NET with rich log routing and management capabilities.
NLog supports traditional logging, structured logging and the combination of both.
Supported platforms:
- .NET Framework 3.5, 4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 & 4.8
- .NET Standard 1.3+ and 2.0+;
- .NET Framework 4 client profile
- Xamarin Android, Xamarin iOs
- UWP
- Windows Phone 8
- Silverlight 4 and 5
- Mono 4
For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.Asp.NET Core
Showing the top 20 packages that depend on NLog.
| Packages | Downloads |
|---|---|
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Castle.Core
Core of the castle project
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6 |
All changes NLog 4.6
Features
Main Feature
- Database target: support for DbType for parameters (including SqlDbType) - #2363 + #2899 + #3085 + #3091 (@hubo0831, @ObikeDev, @sorvis, @304NotModified, @snakefoot)
XML config features
- Added support for constant variable in level attributes - #2709 (level, minlevel, etc) (@304NotModified)
- Added defaultAction option for
- #2848 (@304NotModified) - Rules now support multiple '*' and '?' wildcards and in any position - #3098 (@beppemarazzi)
- Added Support $, $, $ and environment variables in internalLogFile value - #3031 + #3092 (@snakefoot)
New targets, layouts and layout renderers
- Added XmlLayout - Render LogEventInfo.Properties as XML - #2670 + #3014 (@snakefoot)
- Added $ layout renderer - #2849 (@304NotModified)
- Added New $, $ & $ layoutrenderer wrappers - #2907 (@304NotModified)
- Added $ Layout Renderer for full computer DNS name - #3071 (@amitsaha)
- Added $ Layout Renderer (app.config + web.config) moved from NLog.Extended for NetFramework - #3053 (@snakefoot)
- Added noRawValue layout wrapper - #3165 (@snakefoot)
Additions to targets, layouts and layout renderers
- AsyncTargetWrapper: added LogEventDropped + LogEventQueueGrow events - #2610 (@Pomoinytskyi)
- NetworkTarget - Support for SSL & TLS - #2678 (@snakefoot)
- JsonLayout: support for System.Dynamic-objects - #2902 (@304NotModified)
- AsyncTaskTarget: Added support for BatchSize and RetryCount - #2909 (@snakefoot)
- ColoredConsoleTarget - Added EnableAnsiOutput option (VS Code support) - #3018 (@jp7677 + @snakefoot)
- Added IncludeGdc property in JsonLayout - #3050 (@casperc89)
- TargetWithContext - Support for PropertyType using IRawValue-interface - #3060 (@snakefoot)
Enhancements
- JsonLayout includes Type-property when rendering Exception-object - #2989 (@snakefoot)
- LoggingConfigurationParser - Extracted from XmlLoggingConfiguration - #2891 (Prepare for appsettings.json) (@snakefoot)
- Added support for complex objects in MDLC and NDLC on Net45 - #2910 (@snakefoot)
- PerformanceCounter - Improve behavior for CPU usage calculation - #2918 (@snakefoot)
- TargetWithContext - Include all properties even when duplicate names - #2941 (@snakefoot)
- Updated resharper annotations for better validation - #2974 (@imanushin)
- Improve default reflection support on .NET Core Native - #2979 (@snakefoot)
- EventLogTarget with better support for MaximumKilobytes configuration - #3017 (@Coriolanuss)
- Added Xamarin PreserveAttribute for the entire Assembly to improve AOT-linking - #3039 (@snakefoot)
- Create snupkg packages and use portable PDB - #3045 (@snakefoot)
- KeepFileOpen + ConcurrentWrites on Xamarin + UWP - #3079 - #3048 (@304NotModified)
- WebService Target allow custom override of SoapAction-header for Soap11 - #3082 + #3100 (@AlexeyRokhin)
- AsyncTaskTarget - Fixed unwanted delay caused by slow writer
- Various refactorings (19 pull requests) (@beppemarazzi, @304NotModified, @snakefoot)
Performance
- AsyncTargetWrapper using ConcurrentQueue for .NET Core 2 for better thread-concurrency - #2650 (@snakefoot)
- AsyncTargetWrapper - TimeToSleepBetweenBatches changed default to 1ms - #2890 (@snakefoot)
- InternalLogger performance optimization when LogLevel.Off - #2897 (@snakefoot)
- InternalLogger LogLevel changes to LogLevel.Off by default unless being used. - #2935 (@snakefoot)
- CsvLayout - Allocation optimizations and optional skip quoting-check for individual columns. - #2934 (@snakefoot)
- MappedDiagnosticsLogicalContext - SetScoped with IReadOnlyList (Prepare for MEL BeginScope) - #2949 (@snakefoot)
- IRenderString-interface to improve performance for Layout with single LayoutRenderer - #2973 (@snakefoot)
- StringBuilderPool - Reduce memory overhead until required - #3103 (@snakefoot)
LibLog Breaking change
- damianh/LibLog#181 - Sub-components using LibLog ver. 5.0.3 (or newer) will now use MDLC + NDLC (Instead of MDC + NDC) when detecting application is using NLog ver. 4.6. Make sure to update NLog.config to match this change. Make sure that all sub-components have upgraded to LibLog ver. 5.0.3 (or newer) if they make use of
OpenNestedContextorOpenMappedContext.
See also NLog 4.6 Milestone
Full changelog: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
For all config options and platform support, check https://nlog-project.org/config/
.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.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 |