---
id: click-log
version: "0.4.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: abandoned
---

# click-log — Logging integration for Click

License: permissive · Maintenance: abandoned · Downloads: 3.9M/mo

## What it is and what it does

click-log bridges Python's standard logging module and Click, the popular CLI framework. It lets you attach logging handlers and configuration to Click commands through decorators and parameters, so your CLI tools can emit logs without boilerplate. The package has no runtime dependencies, making it lightweight to add to existing applications.

The package is in Beta status and has been unmaintained since early 2022. It was last tested against Python 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, and 3.10. If you're building a new CLI tool or maintaining an existing one on a recent Python version, you should verify that click-log still works with your current environment before relying on it, since there's no active development to keep pace with framework updates.

Use it for:

- Add logging to a Click CLI application without manually wiring handlers and formatters to Click's parameter system.
- Configure log levels and output streams through Click command-line options.
- Integrate logging into existing Click-based tools with minimal code changes.

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

Integrates Python's standard logging module with Click command-line applications, allowing you to configure and manage log output through Click's decorator and parameter system.

Yes, if you are using Click and need simple logging integration on Python 3.7–3.10 and don't expect Click to change significantly. No, if you are starting a new project or targeting newer Python versions—the lack of maintenance since 2022 means compatibility issues are likely and will not be fixed.

## Install

pip install click-log
uv add click-log
poetry add click-log

## Installing click-log

Before you install: Low install friction with no runtime dependencies. However, the package is abandoned—last release was 2022-03-13 and no commits since 2022-03-25. No active maintenance to address compatibility issues with newer Python versions.

License in practice: MIT license is permissive and imposes no significant restrictions on use, modification, or distribution.

Quickstart:

pip install click-log

import click
import click_log
import logging

logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
click_log.basic_config(logger)

@click.command()
@click_log.simple_verbosity_option(logger)
def cli():
    logger.info('Hello')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    cli()

Verify before relying:

- Whether click-log remains compatible with recent versions of the Click framework given the absence of maintenance since 2022.
- Whether the package works reliably with Python versions beyond 3.10, which are not listed in its classifiers.

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: unspecified
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: abandoned
- Downloads: 3.9M/month (top 5,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

click logging integration, cli logging with click, click command logging, python click logger, command-line log configuration, click decorator logging, cli-logging, abandoned

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