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# logfmt
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[](https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt)
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[](https://goreportcard.com/report/go-logfmt/logfmt)
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[](https://github.com/go-logfmt/logfmt/actions/workflows/test.yml)
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[](https://coveralls.io/github/go-logfmt/logfmt?branch=main)
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Package logfmt implements utilities to marshal and unmarshal data in the [logfmt
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format][fmt]. It provides an API similar to [encoding/json][json] and
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[encoding/xml][xml].
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[fmt]: https://brandur.org/logfmt
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[json]: https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/json
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[xml]: https://pkg.go.dev/encoding/xml
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The logfmt format was first documented by Brandur Leach in [this
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article][origin]. The format has not been formally standardized. The most
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authoritative public specification to date has been the documentation of a Go
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Language [package][parser] written by Blake Mizerany and Keith Rarick.
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[origin]: https://brandur.org/logfmt
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[parser]: https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/kr/logfmt
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## Goals
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This project attempts to conform as closely as possible to the prior art, while
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also removing ambiguity where necessary to provide well behaved encoder and
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decoder implementations.
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## Non-goals
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This project does not attempt to formally standardize the logfmt format. In the
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event that logfmt is standardized this project would take conforming to the
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standard as a goal.
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## Versioning
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This project publishes releases according to the Go language guidelines for
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[developing and publishing modules][pub].
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[pub]: https://go.dev/doc/modules/developing
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