Timberlogs
Drop-in structured logging for TypeScript
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Hi HN! I built Timberlogs because I was tired of console.log in production and existing logging solutions requiring too much setup.Timberlogs is a drop-in structured logging library for TypeScript: npm install timberlogs-client import { createTimberlogs } from "timberlogs-client"; const timber = createTimberlogs({ source: "my-app", environment: "production", apiKey: process.env.TIMBER_API_KEY, }); timber.info("User signed in", { userId: "123" }); timber.error("Payment failed", error); Features: - Auto-batching with retries - Automatic redaction of sensitive data (passwords, tokens) - Full-text search across all your logs - Real-time dashboard - Flow tracking to link related logsIt's currently in beta and free to use. Would love feedback from the HN community.Site: https://timberlogs.dev Docs: https://docs.timberlogs.dev npm: https://npmjs.com/package/timberlogs-client GitHub: https://github.com/enaboapps/timberlogs-typescript-sdk
HN · launched Jan 13, 2026 · 13 upvotes (top 42%) · 0 views
Niche: software observability platforms · 90 launches, 1 in the last 7 days ▼ -88% · Explore this niche →
Category and tags
- Horizontal
- Observability & eval
- Developer
- Not AI
- Commercial product
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Could you build this?
Yes It is a lightweight TypeScript utility wrapper around JSON formatting and HTTP transport for structured logs.
Discussion
6 comments analyzed.
Competitors mentioned: Winston, Pino, Papertrail, Datadog
Concerns raised: Not a true drop-in library despite claims, Repository appears to be Claude-generated, Website is broken, Documentation requires login and search doesn't work, Lacks spanning/tracing support
Feature requests: Transport plugins for Winston and Pino, Python interface, Support for custom metadata beyond userId and sessionId, Better explanation of API key requirement in documentation
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 116 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #59 of 117 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 73 days after the earliest competitor.
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