Scribelog — TypeScript-first logger for Node.js

tolongames — Thu, 21 Aug 2025 09:25:13 +0000

I built Scribelog to stop wasting time wrestling with logger configs. It’s a TypeScript-first, configurable logger for Node apps with sensible defaults, useful adapters, and features you actually need in production — masking secrets, requestId propagation, batching, multiple transports, and easy child loggers. Give it a spin.

Why you might care

TypeScript-first + great DX — full types and autocompletion out of the box.
Multiple transports (Console, File, HTTP, WebSocket, TCP, UDP) + batching — send logs where they belong and reduce I/O with AsyncBatch.
Framework adapters — ready middleware/plugins for Express, Koa, Fastify, NestJS and Next.js so integration is trivial.
Security & observability extras — built-in sensitive-data masking, automatic request/trace ID propagation via AsyncLocalStorage, and optional automatic error handling.

Current release: v2.0.0 (freshly published). Weekly downloads are low right now — perfect time to try it and provide feedback.

Quick start (copy-paste)

npm i scribelog
# or: pnpm add scribelog

import { createLogger, format } from 'scribelog';

const logger = createLogger({
  level: 'info',
  format: format.combine(
    format.timestamp(),
    format.simple()
  ),
});

logger.info('Scribelog ready!');
logger.warn('This is a warning', { detail: 'cache near limit' });

(Check the README for JSON/file/http transports, batching and masking examples.) ([npm][1])

Integrations & common uses

Use adapters.express.createMiddleware({ logger }) to log requests with requestId and duration.
Attach AsyncBatch to an HTTP transport to buffer and gzip logs before sending to your collector.
Use format.maskSensitive([ 'password', 'token', 'apiKey' ]) to redact secrets before they leave your process.

TL;DR — when to try Scribelog

You want typed logging in Node + good defaults (timestamp, splat, errors).
You need quick adapters for web frameworks (Express/Fastify/Nest/Next).
You want built-in masking + requestId propagation without wiring AsyncLocalStorage yourself.
You want a good, advanced and highly configurable logging library for Node.js

Links / feedback

GitHub (docs, issues, PRs): https://github.com/tolongames/scribelog.
npm package: https://www.npmjs.com/package/scribelog/.

If you try it: open an issue with any rough edges, or drop a PR with an example for your framework — I’ll iterate fast. If you post this somewhere, ping me (@tolongames) and I’ll answer questions in the thread.

Indie Game Dev Looking for Team Members

tolongames — Wed, 16 Jul 2025 19:01:36 +0000

Hello everyone!

I'm an indie game dev who is assembling a small team to begin work on a new 2D game — and we're searching for passionate and imaginative individuals to join us from the ground up. No complete concept yet — we'd like to develop it together as a group.

🧠 What is the project?

Currently, we're still in the brainstorming phase and determining the precise game concept — you can influence it from the very beginning.

What we do know:

We're beginning with a 2D game
We'll be using Unity
We also aim to venture into 3D games in the future.

🤝 Who we're looking for

We're not incorporating a company or making official hires. Just creating a friendly, collaborative team to work together on something awesome. You don't have to be an expert — just come with your enthusiasm and creativity!

We’d love to connect with people who are:

🎨 2D Artists / Pixel Artists
🔊 Composers / Sound Designers
🧠 Game Designers / Level Designers
💻 Unity Programmers (C#)
👀 Or anyone excited to build a game from scratch!

🚀 What we provide

An opportunity to co-create something right from scratch
A relaxed and artistic atmosphere — no stress, just enthusiasm
Open communication and mutual decision-making
In case the game goes commercial: equitable profit distribution to all contributors

📬 How to join us

Interested? Want to help shape a new game from day one? Let’s chat!

Discord: onlytolon
Or leave a comment here on Dev.to and I'll respond

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