liorm / serilog-sinks-literate

A console sink for Serilog that pretty-prints embedded properties

Serilog.Sinks.Literate

Package - Serilog.Sinks.Literate | Platforms - .NET 4.0+

An alternative colored console sink for Serilog that uses a literate programming-inspired presentation to showcase the structure/type of event data.

This is in contrast with the ColoredConsole sink that uses color predominantly to emphasise an event's level.

Enabling the sink

To use the literate console sink, first install the NuGet package:

Install-Package Serilog.Sinks.Literate

Then add the sink to your logger configuration:

var log = new LoggerConfiguration()
    .WriteTo.LiterateConsole()
    .CreateLogger();

Or in XML app-settings format, making sure the assembly is deployed alongside your app:

<appSettings>
  <add key="serilog:using" value="Serilog.Sinks.Literate" />
  <add key="serilog:write-to:LiterateConsole" />
</appSettings>