NLog 5.5.0
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 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9
- .NET Core 1, 2 and 3
- .NET Standard 1.3+ and 2.0+
- .NET Framework 3.5 - 4.8
- Xamarin Android + iOS (.NET Standard)
- Mono 4
For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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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27 |
ChangeLog:
- Restored LogFactory.Setup().SetupFromEnvironmentVariables() as not obsolete (#5710) @snakefoot
- Avoid using MakeGenericType for Dictionary enumeration when AOT (#5717) @snakefoot
- Stop using obsolete Assembly.CodeBase for NetStandard (#5730) @snakefoot
- ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Handle Exception properties like StackTrace can throw with AOT (#5742) @snakefoot
- ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Handle Data-collection-item ToString can throw with AOT (#5743) @snakefoot
- ExceptionLayoutRenderer - Handle Exception-properties can throw with AOT (#5763) @snakefoot
- ServiceRepository - Improve exception-handling when resolving service-types while disposing (#5756) @snakefoot
- LayoutRenderer - Optimize performance by skipping cache result from render Inner Layout (#5759) @snakefoot
- ConditionLayoutExpression - Optimize performance by skipping cache result from render Inner Layout (#5795) @snakefoot
- Mark IFactory RegisterType as obsolete, since it will be removed with NLog v6 (#5731) @snakefoot
- Mark JsonLayout EscapeForwardSlash as obsolete, since disabled with NLog v6 (#5766) @snakefoot
- Mark ExceptionLayoutRenderer Formats-List as obsolete, since immutable with NLog v6 (#5823) @snakefoot
- Updated API-code examples to not depend on obsolete SimpleConfigurator (#5769) @snakefoot
- ObjectReflectionCache - Handle PropertyValue can throw with AOT (#5776) @snakefoot
- NetworkTarget - Introduced option NoDelay to disable delayed ACK (#5780) @snakefoot
- Fix InternalLogger noise about reflection for FuncLayoutRenderer (#5788) @snakefoot
- TargetWithContext - Reduce allocation for RenderLogEvent when SimpleLayout (#5792) @snakefoot
- Refactoring to improve null value handling (#5810) @snakefoot
- Refactoring to improve null value handling (#5812) @snakefoot
- LoggingConfigurationParser - Prioritize LoggingRules from current config (#5817) @snakefoot
- WhenEmptyLayoutRendererWrapper - Optimize IStringValueRenderer Logic (#5825) @snakefoot
NLog v5.2 changes how to load extensions: https://nlog-project.org/2023/05/30/nlog-5-2-trim-warnings.html
List of major changes in NLog 5.0: https://nlog-project.org/2022/05/16/nlog-5-0-finally-ready.html
Full changelog: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/releases
For all config options and platform support, check https://nlog-project.org/config/
.NET Framework 3.5
- No dependencies.
.NET Standard 2.0
- No dependencies.
.NET Standard 1.5
- System.Xml.XmlDocument (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Threading.Thread (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Text.RegularExpressions (>= 4.3.1)
- System.Runtime.Loader (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Reflection.TypeExtensions (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Net.Requests (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Net.NameResolution (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Net.Http (>= 4.3.4)
- System.IO.FileSystem.Watcher (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Diagnostics.TraceSource (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Diagnostics.StackTrace (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Data.Common (>= 4.3.0)
- System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Diagnostics.Process (>= 4.3.0)
- NETStandard.Library (>= 1.6.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Primitives (>= 4.3.0)
.NET Framework 4.5
- No dependencies.
.NET Framework 4.6
- No dependencies.
.NET Standard 1.3
- NETStandard.Library (>= 1.6.0)
- System.ComponentModel.Primitives (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Data.Common (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Diagnostics.StackTrace (>= 4.3.0)
- System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Net.NameResolution (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Net.Requests (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Reflection.TypeExtensions (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Text.RegularExpressions (>= 4.3.1)
- System.Xml.XmlDocument (>= 4.3.0)
- System.Net.Http (>= 4.3.4)
| Version | Downloads | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0.0 | 1 | 6/23/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc4 | 3 | 6/15/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc3 | 5 | 6/10/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc2 | 5 | 6/3/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc1 | 5 | 5/27/2025 |
| 6.0.0-preview1 | 8 | 5/2/2025 |
| 5.5.0 | 5 | 5/29/2025 |
| 5.4.0 | 12 | 2/18/2025 |
| 5.3.4 | 18 | 9/17/2024 |
| 5.3.3 | 18 | 8/14/2024 |
| 5.3.2 | 21 | 5/5/2024 |
| 5.3.1 | 25 | 5/5/2024 |
| 5.2.8 | 27 | 3/4/2024 |
| 5.2.7 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.2.6 | 26 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.2.5 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.2.4 | 25 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.2.3 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.2.2 | 23 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.2.1 | 24 | 7/2/2023 |
| 5.2.0 | 23 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.1.5 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.1.4 | 27 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.1.3 | 25 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.1.2 | 23 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.1.1 | 28 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.1.0 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.0.5 | 20 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.0.4 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.0.3 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.0.2 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.0.1 | 18 | 3/9/2024 |
| 5.0.0 | 21 | 2/28/2024 |
| 4.7.15 | 20 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.7.14 | 16 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.7.13 | 22 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.7.12 | 23 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.7.11 | 21 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.7.10 | 23 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.7.9 | 19 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.8 | 25 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.7 | 29 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.6 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.5 | 19 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.4 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.3 | 20 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.2 | 20 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.1 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.7.0 | 18 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.8 | 19 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.7 | 20 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.6 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.5 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.4 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.3 | 26 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.2 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.1 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.6.0 | 23 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.11 | 26 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.5.10 | 22 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.5.9 | 26 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.8 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.7 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.6 | 27 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.5 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.4 | 28 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.3 | 27 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.2 | 26 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.1 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.5.0 | 18 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.13 | 23 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.4.12 | 20 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.4.11 | 17 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.4.10 | 24 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.4.9 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.8 | 20 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.7 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.6 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.5 | 20 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.4 | 19 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.3 | 20 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.2 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.1 | 19 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.4.0 | 23 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.11 | 19 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.3.10 | 25 | 3/4/2024 |
| 4.3.9 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.8 | 25 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.7 | 25 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.6 | 23 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.5 | 18 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.4 | 26 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.3 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.2 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.1 | 27 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.3.0 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.2.3 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.2.2 | 23 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.2.1 | 26 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.2.0 | 18 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.1.2 | 20 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.1.1 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.1.0 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.0.1 | 18 | 3/9/2024 |
| 4.0.0 | 29 | 3/9/2024 |
| 3.2.1 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 3.2.0 | 24 | 3/9/2024 |
| 3.1.0 | 22 | 3/9/2024 |
| 3.0.0 | 21 | 3/9/2024 |
| 2.1.0 | 18 | 3/9/2024 |
| 2.0.1.2 | 25 | 3/4/2024 |
| 2.0.0.2000 | 19 | 3/4/2024 |
| 1.0.0.505 | 22 | 3/4/2024 |