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| Developer(s) | Axoflow |
|---|---|
| Initial release | 2023 |
| Stable release | 4.11
/ 2025 April |
| Written in | C, Python |
| Operating system | Cross-platform |
| Platform | Cross-platform |
| Type | Log management, Syslog server, Observability |
| License | |
| Website | https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core |
AxoSyslog is an open source log management system for high-performance log collection, processing, and forwarding. It is a fork of the popular syslog-ng project, created and maintained by Balázs Scheidler, the original creator of syslog-ng. The project extends syslog-ng’s functionality with modern enhancements and cloud-native features.
Overview
[edit]AxoSyslog was launched in 2023[1], recognizing the need for a more actively developed and feature-rich alternative to syslog-ng. AxoSyslog is its direct fork and binary-compatible drop-in replacement. AxoSyslog retains compatibility with traditional syslog protocols while integrating modern capabilities such as enhanced observability and native integrations with cloud environments.
Development and Objectives
[edit]AxoSyslog’s development focuses on:
- Modernizing the codebase for performance, scalability, and maintainability.
- Enhancing observability with built-in metrics and diagnostics.
- Supporting cloud-native use cases, including Kubernetes environments.
Features
[edit]AxoSyslog maintains the flexible and modular architecture of syslog-ng, supporting a wide range of input, processing, and output modules. It emphasizes non-blocking, multithreaded performance and can scale to handle millions[2] of log messages per second on modern hardware.
Moreover, AxoSyslog offers new features such as:
- Efficient filtering, parsing, and modifying of complex, deeply nested data structures like JSON fields or OpenTelemetry logs[3]
- OpenTelemetry support[4]
- Extended destination options, including several cloud storage services via the gRPC protocol, like Amazon S3, Microsoft Sentinel, and Google Pub/Sub[5]
- Native Prometheus metrics export
Community and Contributions
[edit]The project operates under an open governance model with Axoflow as the primary sponsor. However, contributions from the broader open-source community are encouraged and welcome. Development is coordinated openly through GitHub discussions, pull requests, and the project's Discord channel.
Licensing
[edit]AxoSyslog is released under the LGPL+GPLv2[6] license, in line with the original licensing of syslog-ng.
Adoption
[edit]AxoSyslog has already been adopted by other projects that used syslog-ng earlier, including the CNCF sandbox project Logging operator and Splunk Connect for Syslog (SC4S).