rlog: A Simple, Opinionated Logging Utility

A very lightweight package that writes out log messages in an opinionated way. Simpler and lighter than other logging packages, 'rlog' provides a compact feature set that focuses on getting the job done in a Unix-like way.

Version: 0.2.0
Suggests: knitr, rmarkdown, testthat (≥ 3.0.0)
Published: 2026-03-18
DOI: 10.32614/CRAN.package.rlog
Author: Mark Sellors ORCID iD [aut, cre], Daniel Simeone [ctb]
Maintainer: Mark Sellors <rstats at 5vcc.com>
BugReports: https://github.com/sellorm/rlog/issues
License: MIT + file LICENSE
URL: https://github.com/sellorm/rlog
NeedsCompilation: no
Materials: README, NEWS
CRAN checks: rlog results

Documentation:

Reference manual: rlog.html , rlog.pdf
Vignettes: Introduction to logging with rlog (source, R code)

Downloads:

Package source: rlog_0.2.0.tar.gz
Windows binaries: r-devel: rlog_0.1.0.zip, r-release: rlog_0.1.0.zip, r-oldrel: rlog_0.1.0.zip
macOS binaries: r-release (arm64): rlog_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (arm64): rlog_0.1.0.tgz, r-release (x86_64): rlog_0.1.0.tgz, r-oldrel (x86_64): rlog_0.1.0.tgz
Old sources: rlog archive

Reverse dependencies:

Reverse imports: CBASSED50
Reverse suggests: log4r

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