NLog 6.0.0-rc3
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 Standard 2.0 and 2.1
- .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.
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Castle.Core
Core of the castle project
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38 |
NLog v6.0 RC3 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.
- Updated NLog API with Nullable-support and introduced Layout.Empty
- Marked [RequiredParameter] as obsolete, and replaced with explicit option validation during initialization.
- Marked LogEventInfo.SequenceID and ${sequenceid} as obsolete, and instead use ${counter:sequence=global}.
- Added support for params ReadOnlySpan when using C# 13
- Prioritize generic Logger-methods by marking legacy methods with [OverloadResolutionPriority(-1)] when using C# 13
- Skip LogEventInfo.Parameters-array-allocation when unable to defer message-template formatting.
- Renamed ChainsawTarget to Log4JXmlTarget to match Log4JXmlEventLayout
- Updated NLog.Schema to include intellisense for multiple NLog-assemblies.
- Fixed NLog XmlParser to support XML comments within XML processing instructions.
- NLog.Targets.Network now also supports NET35.
- Updated structs to be readonly to allow compiler optimizations.
- Updated interface ILoggingConfigurationElement to support nullable Values.
- Updated all projects to include <IsAotCompatible>
- Optimized ConsoleTarget to not use Console.WriteLine, and introduced option ForceWriteLine
- Added new LogEventInfo constructor that supports ReadOnlySpan
- Updated NLog.Schema nuget-package to include targets-file to copy NLog.xsd to project-folder.
- Improved configuration-file loading to advise about NLog nuget-packages for missing types.
- Log4JXmlEventLayout - Fixed IncludeEmptyValue for Parameters.
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
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.NET Standard 2.0
- No dependencies.
.NET Standard 2.1
- No dependencies.
Version | Downloads | Last updated |
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6.0.0-rc3 | 4 | 06/09/2025 |
6.0.0-rc2 | 11 | 06/03/2025 |
6.0.0-rc1 | 8 | 05/27/2025 |
6.0.0-preview1 | 13 | 05/01/2025 |
5.5.0 | 10 | 05/31/2025 |
5.4.0 | 23 | 03/31/2025 |
5.3.4 | 25 | 09/20/2024 |
5.3.3 | 22 | 09/03/2024 |
5.3.2 | 49 | 07/22/2024 |
5.3.1 | 34 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.8 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.7 | 38 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.6 | 43 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.5 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.4 | 37 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.3 | 28 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.2 | 30 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.1 | 36 | 07/22/2024 |
5.2.0 | 38 | 07/22/2024 |
5.1.5 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
5.1.4 | 37 | 07/22/2024 |
5.1.3 | 43 | 07/22/2024 |
5.1.2 | 37 | 07/22/2024 |
5.1.1 | 31 | 07/22/2024 |
5.1.0 | 31 | 07/22/2024 |
5.0.5 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
5.0.4 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
5.0.3 | 38 | 07/22/2024 |
5.0.2 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
5.0.1 | 30 | 07/22/2024 |
5.0.0 | 34 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.15 | 39 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.14 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.13 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.12 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.11 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.10 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.9 | 31 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.8 | 41 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.7 | 30 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.6 | 40 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.5 | 36 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.4 | 38 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.3 | 27 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.2 | 40 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.1 | 39 | 07/22/2024 |
4.7.0 | 34 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.8 | 30 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.7 | 26 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.6 | 28 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.5 | 40 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.4 | 42 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.3 | 29 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.2 | 41 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.1 | 29 | 07/22/2024 |
4.6.0 | 37 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.11 | 28 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.10 | 36 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.9 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.8 | 44 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.7 | 22 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.6 | 38 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.5 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.4 | 31 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.3 | 37 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.2 | 36 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.1 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
4.5.0 | 27 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.13 | 28 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.12 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.11 | 37 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.10 | 31 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.9 | 36 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.8 | 34 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.7 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.6 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.5 | 38 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.4 | 25 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.3 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.2 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.1 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
4.4.0 | 41 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.11 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.10 | 36 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.9 | 36 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.8 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.7 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.6 | 41 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.5 | 31 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.4 | 28 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.3 | 42 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.2 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.1 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
4.3.0 | 40 | 07/22/2024 |
4.2.3 | 28 | 07/22/2024 |
4.2.2 | 42 | 07/22/2024 |
4.2.1 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.2.0 | 41 | 07/22/2024 |
4.1.2 | 32 | 07/22/2024 |
4.1.1 | 41 | 07/22/2024 |
4.1.0 | 25 | 07/22/2024 |
4.0.1 | 30 | 07/22/2024 |
4.0.0 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
3.2.1 | 35 | 07/22/2024 |
3.2.0 | 38 | 07/22/2024 |
3.1.0 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |
3.0.0 | 26 | 07/22/2024 |
2.1.0 | 37 | 07/22/2024 |
2.0.1.2 | 34 | 07/22/2024 |
2.0.0.2000 | 36 | 07/22/2024 |
1.0.0.505 | 33 | 07/22/2024 |