tracing
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Nov 24, 2025first mention
Mar 13, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“The `tracing` crate in rust also has a macro called `instrument` that allows you to mostly auto-instrument your functions”
“tracing and color_eyre (see https://docs.rs/color-eyre/latest/color_eyre/) form a good-enough pair for service style applications”
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“Log4j and tracing seem to be well established without being built in”
“there are more fancy crates like http://lib.rs/tracing and https://lib.rs/crates/log”
Caveats and dissent
“Except for this, that is: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/issues/2519”
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“Except for this, that is: https://github.com/tokio-rs/tracing/issues/2519”
“The `tracing` crate in rust also has a macro called `instrument` that allows you to mostly auto-instrument your functions”
“tracing and color_eyre (see https://docs.rs/color-eyre/latest/color_eyre/) form a good-enough pair for service style applications”
“Log4j and tracing seem to be well established without being built in”
“There is also "tracing" which uses thread local storage.”
“there are more fancy crates like http://lib.rs/tracing and https://lib.rs/crates/log”