# Install mlogger with Homebrew

Log to syslog from the command-line. Version 1.2.0 via Homebrew; verified from local package data.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install brew:mlogger
```

Additional install commands:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install mlogger
```

  Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:mlogger
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Package manager page:** <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mlogger>
- **Version:** 1.2.0
- **Source summary:** Log to syslog from the command-line
- **Homepage:** <https://github.com/nbrownus/mlogger>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/nbrownus/mlogger>
- **Upstream docs:** <https://github.com/nbrownus/mlogger>
- **License:** BSD-4-Clause-UC
- **Source archive:** <https://github.com/nbrownus/mlogger/archive/refs/tags/v1.2.0.tar.gz>
- **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00

## Executables

- mlogger (cli)
- mlogger (alias)

## Install behavior

- Post-install hook: not defined
- Bottle: available on arm64_big_sur, arm64_linux, arm64_monterey, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, big_sur, catalina, monterey, sonoma, ventura

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-07-08
- Package-manager version: 1.2.0
- Local data: ok
- Upstream repository: https://github.com/nbrownus/mlogger
- Upstream latest detected: v1.2.0 (current)
- info: No package-manager update timestamp was available.
## Project history and usage

mlogger is a small C syslog utility from the nbrownus/mlogger repository, which was created on GitHub on 2013-11-23. Its README describes it as a simple command-line program for logging different sources to syslog, based on the bsdutils `logger` utility shipped with many Linux distributions.

### How it is used

The project exists in a narrow systems-scripting niche: it keeps the familiar `logger` shape but adds behavior for larger local log lines, indented line continuation, remote syslog servers over TCP or UDP, Unix sockets, tags, priorities, file input, process IDs, and stderr mirroring. The package-manager role is correspondingly small: a Homebrew-installable `mlogger` executable for scripts or operators that need syslog submission with those patched behaviors rather than a full logging daemon.

### Sources

- <https://api.github.com/repos/nbrownus/mlogger>
- <https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/mlogger>
- <https://github.com/nbrownus/mlogger>
- <https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nbrownus/mlogger/master/README.md>


## Security Notes

narrow executable package without higher-risk signals.

- **Geiger risk:** green / low
- narrow executable package without higher-risk signals

## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API
- **Tap:** homebrew/core
- **Full Name:** mlogger
- **Version Scheme:** 0
- **Revision:** 0
- **Bottle Stable Root URL:** <https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core>
- **Deprecated:** no
- **Disabled:** no
- **Keg Only:** no
- **URL Keys:** stable


## Related links

- [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family.
- [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata.
- [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata.
- [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider.
- [rsyslog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/rsyslog/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, logging, syslog, system.
- [syslog-ng](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/syslog-ng/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, logging, syslog, system.
- [colortail](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/colortail/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, logging, system.
- [lazyjournal](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/lazyjournal/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, logging, system.
- [mergelog](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mergelog/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, logging, system.
- [conman](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/conman/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, logging, system.
- [conserver](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/conserver/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, logging, system.
- [daemontools](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/daemontools/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, logging, system.
- [brightness](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/brightness/) - Local package facts share a topical domain. Shared terms: cli, command-line, line, system.

## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/mlogger.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/mlogger.yml)


## Sources

- Nucleus package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- package-page enrichment
- curated package history
- package version freshness
- av.db category and tag curation
- package relationship graph
- cross-ecosystem install command graph