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See Release post

Details of changes: See here

Major Features

  • NLog is now faster and lighter
  • NLog Layout for everything
  • NLog ScopeContext to replace MDC + MDLC + NDC + NDLC
  • NLog Layout stored as NLog Configuration Variables
  • Fluent API for NLog LoggingConfiguration
  • NLog Callsite from caller member attributes
  • LogFactory with Dependency Injection
  • Aliases support for targets, layouts, layout renderers and conditions\
  • Dashes (-) will be ignored when parsing names

Breaking Changes

See rationale here

  • Strong Version Changed
  • Obsolete methods have been removed
  • Xamarin, Windows Phone and Silverlight platforms have been removed
  • .NET Framework v4.0 platform removed and replaced with .NET Framework v4.6
  • NLog Extensions assemblies will not load automatically
  • NLog Targets extracted into their own nuget-packages
  • Deprecated NLog.Extended nuget-package
  • Deprecated NLog.Config nuget-package
  • Automatic loading of NLog.config now first check for exe.nlog
  • NLog Configuration will have KeepVariablesOnReload enabled by default
  • Layout and LayoutRenderer are now threadsafe by default
  • Default Layout for NLog Targets has been updated
  • Default Format for NLog Exception layoutrenderer has been updated
  • NLog InternalLogger will not initialize itself from app.config or environment variables
  • Removed obsolete method Target.Write(AsyncLogEventInfo[]) and OptimizeBufferReuse is always true
  • ScopeContext changes MappedDiagnosticContext (MDC) to use AsyncLocal
  • MappedDiagnosticContext (MDC), MappedDiagnosticLogicalContext (MDLC), GlobalDiagnosticContext (GDC) now case-insensitive
  • FileTarget KeepFileOpen = true by default
  • FileTarget ConcurrentWrites = false by default
  • FileTarget Encoding default value changed to UTF8
  • FileTarget will include BOM by default for UTF16 and UTF32 encoding
  • NetworkTarget will Discard by default on overflow
  • JsonLayout MaxRecursionLimit default value changed to 1
  • JsonLayout EscapeForwardSlash default value changed to false
  • JsonLayout always includes decimal point for floating-point types
  • CallSite-renderer will automatically clean async callstacks
  • LoggingRule Filters DefaultAction changed to FilterResult.Ignore
  • NLog.Extensions.Logging without any filter
  • NLog.Extensions.Logging changes capture of EventId
  • The Simplelayout.ToString() has been changed

Many other improvements

For a full list of all the enhancements and performance improvements: NLog 5.0 Pull Requests

Product Versions
.NET net5.0 net5.0-windows net6.0 net6.0-android net6.0-ios net6.0-maccatalyst net6.0-macos net6.0-tvos net6.0-windows
.NET Core netcoreapp1.0 netcoreapp1.1 netcoreapp2.0 netcoreapp2.1 netcoreapp2.2 netcoreapp3.0 netcoreapp3.1
.NET Standard netstandard1.3 netstandard1.4 netstandard1.5 netstandard1.6 netstandard2.0 netstandard2.1
.NET Framework net35 net40 net403 net45 net451 net452 net46 net461 net462 net463 net47 net471 net472 net48
MonoAndroid monoandroid
MonoMac monomac
MonoTouch monotouch
Tizen tizen30 tizen40 tizen60
Universal Windows Platform uap uap10.0
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos
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NLog.Config The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

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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Application Insights NLog Target is a custom target allowing you to send NLog log messages to Application Insights. Application Insights will collect your logs from multiple sources and provide rich powerful search capabilities. Privacy statement: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=512156
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NLog logging for ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC. Includes targets and layout renderers for websites and web applications. This package is for ASP.NET 3.5+ For ASP.NET Core: Check https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore
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Version Downloads Last updated
5.0.1 95,603 6/12/2022
5.0.0 333,958 5/16/2022
5.0.0-rc2 107,632 1/19/2022
5.0.0-rc1 80,626 12/20/2021
5.0.0-preview.3 47,298 10/26/2021
5.0.0-preview.2 11,893 10/3/2021
5.0.0-preview.1 12,501 8/25/2021
4.7.15 925,701 3/26/2022
4.7.14 627,979 2/23/2022
4.7.13 1,957,242 12/5/2021
4.7.12 1,406,934 10/24/2021
4.7.11 4,608,328 8/18/2021
4.7.10 4,184,102 5/14/2021
4.7.9 3,884,499 3/24/2021
4.7.8 2,086,581 2/25/2021
4.7.7 1,866,075 1/20/2021
4.7.6 3,407,633 12/6/2020
4.7.5 4,003,308 9/27/2020
4.7.4 3,122,035 8/22/2020
4.7.3 1,165,874 7/31/2020
4.7.2 7,622,580 5/18/2020
4.7.1 100,456 5/15/2020
4.7.0 3,966,461 3/20/2020
4.6.8 12,551,369 11/4/2019
4.6.7 9,239,396 8/25/2019
4.6.6 2,433,579 7/14/2019
4.6.5 3,150,454 6/14/2019
4.6.4 2,312,947 5/28/2019
4.6.3 2,230,127 4/30/2019
4.6.2 1,780,444 4/2/2019
4.6.1 245,936 3/29/2019
4.6.0 725,894 3/21/2019
4.5.11 12,752,302 11/6/2018
4.5.10 4,960,030 9/17/2018
4.5.9 1,304,762 8/24/2018
4.5.8 1,860,013 8/5/2018
4.5.7 1,016,612 7/19/2018
4.5.6 2,712,665 5/29/2018
4.5.5 708,430 5/25/2018
4.5.4 2,648,924 5/5/2018
4.5.3 1,404,171 4/16/2018
4.5.2 907,026 4/6/2018
4.5.1 278,213 4/3/2018
4.5.0 5,779,057 3/25/2018
4.4.13 737,929 2/27/2018
4.4.12 6,079,747 8/8/2017
4.4.11 1,725,284 6/17/2017
4.4.10 384,655 5/31/2017
4.4.9 991,469 5/5/2017
4.4.8 164,515 4/28/2017
4.4.7 111,034 4/25/2017
4.4.6 311,726 4/15/2017
4.4.5 454,336 3/28/2017
4.4.4 553,906 3/10/2017
4.4.3 687,366 2/17/2017
4.4.2 386,001 2/6/2017
4.4.1 1,345,515 12/24/2016
4.4.0 291,806 12/14/2016
4.3.11 989,238 11/7/2016
4.3.10 705,678 10/11/2016
4.3.9 461,499 9/18/2016
4.3.8 625,498 9/5/2016
4.3.7 603,468 8/6/2016
4.3.6 261,963 7/23/2016
4.3.5 826,266 6/12/2016
4.3.4 723,772 5/16/2016
4.3.3 380,895 4/28/2016
4.3.2 89,943 4/26/2016
4.3.1 108,233 4/20/2016
4.3.0 139,195 4/16/2016
4.2.3 1,652,014 12/20/2015
4.2.2 299,241 12/2/2015
4.2.1 437,884 11/21/2015
4.2.0 391,765 10/24/2015
4.1.2 776,733 9/20/2015
4.1.1 157,840 9/12/2015
4.1.0 206,076 8/31/2015
4.0.1 775,073 6/18/2015
4.0.0 976,187 6/9/2015
3.2.1 829,266 4/24/2015
3.2.0 1,452,900 1/2/2015
3.1.0 1,464,988 6/24/2014
3.0.0 219,793 6/2/2014
2.1.0 1,696,095 10/10/2013
2.0.1.2 937,667 4/8/2013
2.0.0.2000 1,741,991 7/18/2011
1.0.0.505 472,747 1/7/2011

List of major changes in NLog 5.0: https://nlog-project.org/2022/05/16/nlog-5-0-finally-ready.md

Full changelog: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

For all config options and platform support, check https://nlog-project.org/config/