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monolog vs EasyLogger
monolog has 21,405 GitHub stars, 1,910 forks, 3 open issues and last shipped yesterday. EasyLogger has 4,750 stars, 1,317 forks, 81 open issues and last shipped 1 months ago. monolog leads on adoption by 351% (21,405 vs 4,750 stars). monolog is written in PHP under MIT; EasyLogger is written in C under MIT. monolog has attracted 9% as many forks as stars, EasyLogger 28%. monolog was the more recently maintained of the two, and both are self-hostable with no licence fee. The two share 2 topic tags (logger, logging), so they are genuine substitutes rather than adjacent tools.
Two open source projects, one decision. Both are free and self-hostable — the differences are community size, license terms, language stack and release pace.
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| monolog | EasyLogger | |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | ★ 21K | ★ 4.8K |
| License | MIT | MIT |
| Written in | PHP | C |
| Last push | 2026-09-19 | 2026-08-13 |
| Forks | ⑂ 1.9K | ⑂ 1.3K |
| Self-hosting | Yes | Yes |
| Data ownership | Your server | Your server |
pick monolog if
- You weight community size — 21K stars and counting
- You want the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches PHP
- You value the larger contributor base for long-term maintenance
pick EasyLogger if
- You want the EasyLogger feature set and don't need the biggest community
- You prefer the MIT license terms
- Your stack matches C
- You evaluated both and EasyLogger fits your workflow better
About monolog
Monolog is a logging library for PHP that sends log records to files, sockets, inboxes, databases, and various web services. It ships with the handlers, formatters, and processors needed to route records where they belong, and special handlers allow more advanced logging strategies than a single output stream. The library lives in the PHP ecosystem and is distributed through Packagist as monolog/monolog . It is released under the MIT license and has been developed for sixteen years, with more than twenty one thousand stars and roughly nineteen hundred forks on GitHub.
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About EasyLogger
EasyLogger is an ultra lightweight, high performance C/C++ logging library with a footprint under 1.6 KB of ROM and 0.3 KB of RAM, aimed at embedded and resource constrained developers who need structured, filterable logs on devices where a full logging framework will not fit.
read the full EasyLogger overview →
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Frequently asked questions
Is monolog or EasyLogger more popular?
monolog has 21,405 GitHub stars and EasyLogger has 4,750. monolog has the larger community by that measure.
Are monolog and EasyLogger free?
Both are open source. monolog is licensed under MIT and EasyLogger under MIT. Neither carries a licence fee.
What is the difference between monolog and EasyLogger?
monolog is written in PHP and EasyLogger in C. The practical differences are community size, licence terms, language stack and release cadence — all compared in the table above.
Which should I choose, monolog or EasyLogger?
Choose monolog if you want the larger community (21,405 stars) or its MIT licence terms. Choose EasyLogger if its feature set, stack or MIT licence fits better. Both are self-hostable.