jlog - Just Barely Logging

jlog is a C++ library for logging to file, console, and event callbacks.

Features

Modern (C++20)
Static Library
Color Output
Logs to file AND console!
Idiomatic Event callback for hooking into your game engine gui!

Installation

Include this repository as a CPM dependency, and link against the library. (TODO: Show the relevant CMake script lines.)

CPMAddPackage(
        NAME jlog
        URL https://git.redacted.cc/josh/jlog/archive/Prerelease-2.zip
)
# ...
include_directories(${jlog_SOURCE_DIR}/include)
# ...
target_link_libraries(YourProgram ... jlog)

Using jlog is straightforward:


#include <jlog.h>

int main() {
    INFO("This is barely useful information.");
    DEBUG("Debugging Information");
    VERBOSE("Yadda Yadda Yadda");
    WARNING("Slight miscalculation!");
    ERROR("Oops, something went wrong.");
    FATAL("Unrecoverable Error!!!");

    return 0;
}

Output

TODO

Custom Contexts: Allow users to specify custom logging contexts for better organization.
- Disable & sort by context (other categories?)
Custom Formats: Add support for custom log message formats.
Documentation
Thread Safety
Memory Safety
Stream Support
Identify File, Line, Function name via macros (I hate macros!!!)

License

This software is written and developed by Josh O'Leary @ Redacted Software 2024. This work is dedicated to the public domain.

Contributing

Send'em pull requests.