phuslu / go-logging-benchmarks

A comparison of the top logging libraries for Go

Go Logging Benchmarks

This repo compares the performance of popular Go Logging Libraries including the new Slog package.

See the results.

The following libraries are being tested:

• Zerolog
• Zap
• Apex/log
• Logrus
• Slog
• SlogZap (Slog with Zap backend)
• Phuslog
• Log15
• Logf

🟢 Prerequisites

You only need a recent version of Go to execute the benchmarks.

📦 Getting started

• Clone the repository to your computer:

git clone https://github.com/betterstack-community/go-logging-benchmarks

cd go-logging-benchmarks

• Download the dependencies:

go mod tidy

• Execute the benchmarks:

go test -bench=. -benchmem

⚖ License

The code used in this project and in the linked tutorial are licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.

🤝 Contribute

If you found an issue with the benchmarks, or you want to propose a new library for benchmarking, please open an issue or pull request accordingly.