NLog 5.0.0

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.NET Standard 1.3 This package targets .NET Standard 1.3. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Framework 3.5 This package targets .NET Framework 3.5. The package is compatible with this framework or higher.
There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details. 
dotnet add package NLog --version 5.0.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package NLog -Version 5.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="5.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="NLog" Version="5.0.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="NLog" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add NLog --version 5.0.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: NLog, 5.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package NLog@5.0.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=NLog&version=5.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=NLog&version=5.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

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 Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 was computed.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp1.0 was computed.  netcoreapp1.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard1.3 is compatible.  netstandard1.4 was computed.  netstandard1.5 is compatible.  netstandard1.6 was computed.  netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net35 is compatible.  net40 was computed.  net403 was computed.  net45 is compatible.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 is compatible.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen30 was computed.  tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Universal Windows Platform uap was computed.  uap10.0 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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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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6.1.4 2,056,004 7/8/2026
6.1.3 4,611,495 5/4/2026
6.1.2 1,568,429 4/1/2026
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6.0.7 3,013,021 12/9/2025
6.0.6 3,427,376 11/9/2025
6.0.5 2,054,768 10/9/2025
6.0.4 1,840,033 9/11/2025
6.0.3 4,398,171 8/10/2025
6.0.2 1,741,202 7/20/2025
6.0.1 1,244,615 6/27/2025
6.0.0 975,422 6/21/2025
5.5.1 7,125,203 7/18/2025
5.0.0 10,246,482 5/16/2022
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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/