Introduction
Learn how to send logs, use the dashboard, and run LoggerMan on our cloud or your own infrastructure.
What is LoggerMan?
LoggerMan is a logging workspace for application teams. You create a project, get an API token, and send structured logs from your apps. Logs show up in a real-time dashboard where you can search, filter, triage with your team, set up alerts, and review analytics.
Use the official SDK or plain HTTP — no Elasticsearch cluster required to get started.
Cloud vs self-hosted
LoggerMan Cloud (https://loggerman.dev) is the managed service. Sign up, create a project, and point your app at https://loggerman.dev with your project token. Billing, retention, and upgrades are handled in the dashboard.
Self-hosted runs LoggerMan on your own servers. You control data residency, networking, and upgrades — same dashboard and API, your infrastructure. See the Self-host setup guide for install steps.
Which should I use?
Core concepts
- Account — Your LoggerMan login. Open the dashboard after signing in.
- Project — One app or service boundary. Each project has its own ID, API token, logs, and members.
- Log entry — A message with type (
INFO,WARNING,ERROR), criticality, optional metadata, and asourcelabel. - API token — Secret used by your apps to ingest (and optionally read) logs. Rotate from project settings if it leaks.
Typical workflow
- Create a project and copy credentials from Integration settings.
- Install
@marvink02/loggerman-sdkor call the REST API. - Send a test log, then open Logs in the dashboard.
- Invite teammates, tune alerts, and use analytics when you need trends — not just live tailing.
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