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.
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications.
For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Web.AspNetCore
Extend NLog with targets and layout renderers for websites and webapplications on the ASP.NET Core platform.
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications.
For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog provider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for usage in .NET Standard libraries and console applicaties.
For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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NLog.Config
Empty NLog.config file.
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NLog.Config
Xml file to get started with configuring NLog. This package is not mandatory to get started with NLog: the configuration file can created manually and the configuration can be created programmatically.
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NLog.Config
NLog.config file to get started with configuring NLog.
This package is not mandatory to get started with NLog: the configuration file can
created manually (read specs here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-file)
or the configuration can be created programmatically. (read more here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-API)
Note: Unfortunately this package won't work well when using <PackageReference>
Advised to:
- download manually: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NLog/NLog/v4.4/src/NuGet/NLog.Config/content/NLog.config
- set "Copy To Output Directory" to "Copy if newer"
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NLog.Config
Empty NLog.config file.
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications.
For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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QuantConnect.Logging
Lean Engine is an open-source, plataform agnostic C# and Python algorithmic trading engine. Allows strategy research, backtesting and live trading with Equities, FX, CFD, Crypto, Options and Futures Markets.
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48 |
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NLog.Config
Xml file to get started with configuring NLog. This package is not mandatory to get started with NLog: the configuration file can created manually and the configuration can be created programmatically.
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47 |
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NLog.Config
NLog.config file to get started with configuring NLog.
This package is not mandatory to get started with NLog: the configuration file can
created manually (read specs here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-file)
or the configuration can be created programmatically. (read more here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-API)
Note: Unfortunately this package won't work well when using <PackageReference>
Advised to:
- download manually: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NLog/NLog/dev/src/NuGet/NLog.Config/content/NLog.config
- set "Copy To Output Directory" to "Copy if newer"
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47 |
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NLog.Extensions.Logging
NLog provider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for usage in .NET Standard libraries and console applicaties.
For ASP.NET Core, use NLog.Web.AspNetCore: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6.2.2 | 17 | 10/16/2026 |
| 6.2.1 | 406 | 09/17/2026 |
| 6.2.0 | 25 | 08/18/2026 |
| 6.1.4 | 31 | 07/09/2026 |
| 6.1.3 | 36 | 05/06/2026 |
| 6.1.2 | 57 | 04/02/2026 |
| 6.1.1 | 46 | 03/02/2026 |
| 6.1.0 | 56 | 02/02/2026 |
| 6.0.7 | 6 | 09/27/2026 |
| 6.0.6 | 58 | 12/12/2025 |
| 6.0.5 | 47 | 12/12/2025 |
| 6.0.4 | 53 | 12/15/2025 |
| 6.0.3 | 50 | 12/11/2025 |
| 6.0.2 | 54 | 12/30/2025 |
| 6.0.1 | 61 | 12/24/2025 |
| 6.0.0 | 51 | 12/22/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc4 | 53 | 02/04/2026 |
| 6.0.0-rc3 | 54 | 12/19/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc2 | 63 | 12/11/2025 |
| 6.0.0-rc1 | 2 | 10/07/2026 |
| 6.0.0-preview1 | 49 | 12/11/2025 |
| 5.5.1 | 53 | 12/24/2025 |
| 5.5.0 | 73 | 12/20/2025 |
| 5.4.0 | 56 | 12/12/2025 |
| 5.3.4 | 51 | 12/11/2025 |
| 5.3.3 | 46 | 12/21/2025 |
| 5.3.2 | 46 | 12/21/2025 |
| 5.3.1 | 47 | 12/12/2025 |
| 5.2.8 | 54 | 12/12/2025 |
| 5.2.7 | 48 | 12/21/2025 |
| 5.2.6 | 40 | 12/15/2025 |
| 5.2.5 | 45 | 12/15/2025 |
| 5.2.4 | 46 | 12/22/2025 |
| 5.2.3 | 47 | 12/15/2025 |
| 5.2.2 | 45 | 12/12/2025 |
| 5.2.1 | 48 | 12/20/2025 |
| 5.2.0 | 49 | 12/14/2025 |
| 5.1.5 | 3 | 10/01/2026 |
| 5.1.4 | 47 | 12/21/2025 |
| 5.1.3 | 46 | 12/20/2025 |
| 5.1.2 | 41 | 12/13/2025 |
| 5.1.1 | 43 | 12/20/2025 |
| 5.1.0 | 54 | 12/15/2025 |
| 5.0.5 | 43 | 12/20/2025 |
| 5.0.4 | 46 | 12/18/2025 |
| 5.0.3 | 33 | 12/21/2025 |
| 5.0.2 | 3 | 10/01/2026 |
| 5.0.1 | 47 | 12/17/2025 |
| 5.0.0 | 53 | 12/12/2025 |
| 5.0.0-rc1 | 53 | 01/04/2026 |
| 5.0.0-preview.3 | 44 | 01/19/2026 |
| 4.7.15 | 44 | 12/14/2025 |
| 4.7.14 | 44 | 12/14/2025 |
| 4.7.13 | 7 | 10/02/2026 |
| 4.7.12 | 56 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.7.11 | 59 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.7.10 | 47 | 12/11/2025 |
| 4.7.9 | 44 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.7.8 | 45 | 12/13/2025 |
| 4.7.7 | 55 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.7.6 | 45 | 12/16/2025 |
| 4.7.5 | 51 | 12/21/2025 |
| 4.7.4 | 3 | 10/01/2026 |
| 4.7.3 | 48 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.7.2 | 48 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.7.1 | 48 | 12/22/2025 |
| 4.7.0 | 51 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.6.8 | 48 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.6.7 | 40 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.6.6 | 32 | 01/07/2026 |
| 4.6.5 | 44 | 12/21/2025 |
| 4.6.4 | 51 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.6.3 | 3 | 10/01/2026 |
| 4.6.2 | 51 | 12/30/2025 |
| 4.6.1 | 54 | 01/01/2026 |
| 4.6.0 | 63 | 12/19/2025 |
| 4.5.11 | 47 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.5.10 | 44 | 12/11/2025 |
| 4.5.9 | 55 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.5.8 | 48 | 12/22/2025 |
| 4.5.7 | 48 | 12/11/2025 |
| 4.5.6 | 46 | 12/14/2025 |
| 4.5.5 | 50 | 12/17/2025 |
| 4.5.4 | 43 | 12/11/2025 |
| 4.5.3 | 8 | 10/01/2026 |
| 4.5.2 | 47 | 01/05/2026 |
| 4.5.1 | 48 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.5.0 | 47 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.5.0-rc07 | 41 | 12/30/2025 |
| 4.5.0-rc06 | 49 | 02/03/2026 |
| 4.4.13 | 45 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.4.12 | 41 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.4.11 | 43 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.4.10 | 53 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.4.9 | 44 | 12/19/2025 |
| 4.4.8 | 50 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.4.7 | 41 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.4.6 | 6 | 10/01/2026 |
| 4.4.5 | 45 | 12/13/2025 |
| 4.4.4 | 3 | 10/01/2026 |
| 4.4.3 | 44 | 12/14/2025 |
| 4.4.2 | 45 | 12/14/2025 |
| 4.4.1 | 4 | 09/29/2026 |
| 4.4.0 | 35 | 12/14/2025 |
| 4.3.11 | 43 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.3.10 | 40 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.3.9 | 41 | 12/18/2025 |
| 4.3.8 | 47 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.3.7 | 41 | 12/21/2025 |
| 4.3.6 | 48 | 01/02/2026 |
| 4.3.5 | 38 | 12/20/2025 |
| 4.3.4 | 44 | 12/23/2025 |
| 4.3.3 | 62 | 12/11/2025 |
| 4.3.2 | 48 | 12/16/2025 |
| 4.3.1 | 45 | 12/11/2025 |
| 4.3.0 | 40 | 12/23/2025 |
| 4.2.3 | 43 | 01/01/2026 |
| 4.2.2 | 52 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.2.1 | 39 | 12/19/2025 |
| 4.2.0 | 41 | 12/21/2025 |
| 4.1.2 | 47 | 12/22/2025 |
| 4.1.1 | 47 | 12/15/2025 |
| 4.1.0 | 46 | 01/06/2026 |
| 4.0.1 | 42 | 12/23/2025 |
| 4.0.0 | 40 | 12/13/2025 |
| 3.2.1 | 47 | 12/22/2025 |
| 3.2.0 | 44 | 12/11/2025 |
| 3.1.0 | 44 | 12/21/2025 |
| 3.0.0 | 41 | 12/18/2025 |
| 2.1.0 | 6 | 10/01/2026 |
| 2.0.1.2 | 44 | 12/22/2025 |
| 2.0.0.2000 | 38 | 12/12/2025 |
| 1.0.0.505 | 39 | 12/22/2025 |