Apps similar to Apache Log4j include tinylog, which is free and open source. Other options are LOGBack and Java Logger. In total there are three apps like Apache Log4j for Mac, Windows, Linux, Chrome OS and self-hosting.
tinylog is a lightweight logging framework with static logger class for Java and can be configured by a fluent API as well as by properties files. Log entries can be written to the console, in files or databases.
Logback is intended as a successor to the popular log4j project, picking up where log4j leaves off.
A simple and powerful logging framework to use as an alternative to Apache Log4j, and javaUtilLogging.
