Decision Workspace
std-logger vs slog-stdlog vs log-io
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
58
std-logger
growingv0.5.9
A logging implementation for the log crate that logs messages to standard error and requests to standard out. It support a number of output formats including JSON, JSON for GCP (gcloud) and logfmt.
62
slog-stdlog
growingv4.1.1
`log` crate adapter for slog-rs
58
log-io
experimentalv1.0.0
Structured logging pipeline for Rust. Zero-allocation fast path, JSON / logfmt / human-readable outputs, context propagation (request-id, trace-id), per-module filtering, async-safe sinks. An IO pipeline for log records, not a wrapper around log+tracing.
Core Metrics
| std-logger | slog-stdlog | log-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 58 | 62 | 58 |
| Total Downloads | 119.6K | 18.3M | 157 |
| 30d Downloads | 9.9K | 582.3K | 0 |
| Dependents | 25 | 751 | 11 |
| Releases | 25 | 27 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 67d ago | 1573d ago | 56d ago |
| Age | 8y 11m | 9y 12m | 1m |
Health Breakdown
std-logger
Maintenance
13
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
slog-stdlog
Maintenance
4
Quality
21
Community
15
Popularity
8
Documentation
14
log-io
Maintenance
11
Quality
20
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| std-logger | slog-stdlog | log-io | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.9 | 4.1.1 | 1.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT/Apache-2.0 | MPL-2.0 OR MIT OR Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 6 | 5 | 1 |
| Crate Size | 25KB | 17KB | 65KB |
| Features | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2018 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.38 | 1.75 |
| Owners | 1 | 3 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •slog-stdlog leads with a health score of 62/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •slog-stdlog is depended on by 751 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ slog-stdlog has not been updated in over a year.
- •std-logger is pre-1.0 — API may change.