NLog 6.0.0-preview1
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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38 |
NLog v6.0 Preview1 with the following major changes:
- Support AOT builds without build warnings.
- New FileTarget without ConcurrentWrites support, but still support KeepFileOpen true / false.
- Moved old FileTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.ConcurrentFile.
- Created new nuget-package NLog.Targets.AtomicFile that supports ConcurrentWrites for NET8 on both Windows / Linux.
- Created new nuget-package NLog.Targets.GZipFile that uses GZipStream for writing directly to compressed files.
- Moved MailTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Mail.
- Moved NetworkTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
- New GelfTarget introduced for the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
- New SyslogTarget introduced for the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Network.
- Moved TraceTarget and NLogTraceListener into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.Trace.
- Moved WebServiceTarget into the new nuget-package NLog.Targets.WebService
- Removed dependency on System.Text.RegularExpressions and introduced new nuget-package NLog.RegEx.
- Removed dependency on System.Xml.XmlReader by implementing own internal basic XML-Parser.
NLog v6.0 release notes: https://nlog-project.org/2025/04/29/nlog-6-0-major-changes.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 Framework 4.5
- No dependencies.
.NET Framework 4.6
- No dependencies.
.NET Standard 2.0
- No dependencies.
.NET Standard 2.1
- No dependencies.
| Version | Downloads | Last updated |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0.0-preview1 | 3 | 05/01/2025 |
| 5.4.0 | 11 | 02/05/2025 |
| 5.3.4 | 19 | 09/13/2024 |
| 5.3.3 | 20 | 08/14/2024 |
| 5.3.2 | 22 | 05/02/2024 |
| 5.3.1 | 19 | 05/02/2024 |
| 5.2.8 | 22 | 02/10/2024 |
| 5.2.7 | 20 | 12/02/2023 |
| 5.2.6 | 16 | 11/20/2023 |
| 5.2.5 | 27 | 10/21/2023 |
| 5.2.4 | 26 | 09/08/2023 |
| 5.2.3 | 36 | 09/09/2023 |
| 5.2.2 | 25 | 07/12/2023 |
| 5.2.1 | 29 | 09/09/2023 |
| 5.2.0 | 27 | 06/21/2023 |
| 5.1.5 | 26 | 06/21/2023 |
| 5.1.4 | 28 | 06/07/2023 |
| 5.1.3 | 48 | 05/28/2023 |
| 5.1.2 | 32 | 06/21/2023 |
| 5.1.1 | 24 | 06/21/2023 |
| 5.1.0 | 51 | 05/28/2023 |
| 5.0.5 | 34 | 06/05/2023 |
| 5.0.4 | 31 | 09/08/2022 |
| 5.0.3 | 24 | 09/09/2022 |
| 5.0.2 | 35 | 09/10/2022 |
| 5.0.1 | 32 | 09/09/2022 |
| 5.0.0 | 33 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.7.15 | 37 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.7.14 | 33 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.7.13 | 24 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.7.12 | 27 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.7.11 | 24 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.7.10 | 28 | 09/14/2022 |
| 4.7.9 | 31 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.7.8 | 53 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.7.7 | 49 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.7.6 | 27 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.7.5 | 35 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.7.4 | 37 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.7.3 | 39 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.7.2 | 50 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.7.1 | 32 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.7.0 | 33 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.6.8 | 38 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.6.7 | 27 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.6.6 | 28 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.6.5 | 24 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.6.4 | 64 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.6.3 | 54 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.6.2 | 27 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.6.1 | 35 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.6.0 | 25 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.5.11 | 30 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.5.10 | 33 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.5.9 | 50 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.5.8 | 26 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.5.7 | 25 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.5.6 | 39 | 09/07/2022 |
| 4.5.5 | 30 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.5.4 | 30 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.5.3 | 41 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.5.2 | 24 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.5.1 | 25 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.5.0 | 30 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.4.13 | 34 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.4.12 | 33 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.4.11 | 22 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.4.10 | 27 | 09/12/2022 |
| 4.4.9 | 29 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.4.8 | 32 | 09/12/2022 |
| 4.4.7 | 26 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.4.6 | 39 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.4.5 | 52 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.4.4 | 28 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.4.3 | 28 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.4.2 | 24 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.4.1 | 19 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.4.0 | 48 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.3.11 | 30 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.3.10 | 26 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.3.9 | 25 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.3.8 | 24 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.3.7 | 36 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.3.6 | 34 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.3.5 | 28 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.3.4 | 60 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.3.3 | 25 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.3.2 | 39 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.3.1 | 28 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.3.0 | 23 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.2.3 | 45 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.2.2 | 52 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.2.1 | 21 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.2.0 | 30 | 09/10/2022 |
| 4.1.2 | 31 | 09/11/2022 |
| 4.1.1 | 23 | 09/07/2022 |
| 4.1.0 | 56 | 09/09/2022 |
| 4.0.1 | 47 | 09/08/2022 |
| 4.0.0 | 38 | 09/09/2022 |
| 3.2.1 | 31 | 09/10/2022 |
| 3.2.0 | 30 | 09/09/2022 |
| 3.1.0 | 31 | 09/10/2022 |
| 3.0.0 | 46 | 09/08/2022 |
| 2.1.0 | 33 | 09/11/2022 |
| 2.0.1.2 | 23 | 09/09/2022 |
| 2.0.0.2000 | 40 | 09/10/2022 |
| 1.0.0.505 | 32 | 09/09/2022 |