jaraco.logging
Support for Python logging facility
Decision gist · record as of 2026-08-14
Yes, if you're building a command-line tool and want to let users control logging verbosity without writing boilerplate. The package is lightweight, actively maintained, permissively licensed, and has no security issues. Install it if you use argparse and logging together; skip it if your CLI doesn't expose logging control to users.AI-flagged interpretation of the facts on this page — verify before relying
Before you install
- Requires Python 3.9 or later.
- Low friction install with a single runtime dependency (tempora).
- Active maintenance as of April 2026, marked Production/Stable since early releases.
License · maintenance · safety
MIT (permissive) — MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—standard permissive terms.
last release 2025-06-16 (424 days) · last repo commit 2026-04-13 · 1 stars
0 known vulnerabilities (OSV.dev, 2026-08-14) · 147,592 downloads/mo, #11,057 on PyPI
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Verify before relying
import argparse
import jaraco.logging
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
jaraco.logging.add_arguments(parser)
args = parser.parse_args()
jaraco.logging.setup(args)- Whether the package supports log format customization beyond level selection via command-line arguments.
- Whether it integrates with standard Python logging handlers or only the root logger.
What it is and what it does
jaraco.logging is a small utility that bridges Python's argparse and logging modules. It provides two main functions: add_arguments() to inject logging-related command-line flags into an ArgumentParser, and setup() to apply those parsed arguments to configure the logging system. This eliminates boilerplate when you want users to control log levels or other logging behavior from the command line.
The package depends only on tempora and requires Python 3.9 or later. It's maintained actively and carries no known security vulnerabilities. The MIT license places no restrictions on use. It's best suited for CLI applications where you want to expose logging configuration to end users without writing repetitive argument-parsing code yourself.
Use it for
- Add log-level control to a CLI tool without manually defining argparse arguments for logging.
- Quickly prototype a command-line application that needs adjustable verbosity from the start.
- Integrate logging configuration into an existing argparse-based CLI with minimal code changes.
Worth the install?
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Yes, if you're building a command-line tool and want to let users control logging verbosity without writing boilerplate.
The package is lightweight, actively maintained, permissively licensed, and has no security issues. Install it if you use argparse and logging together; skip it if your CLI doesn't expose logging control to users.
Install
jaraco-logging on PyPI
Before you install
Low friction install with a single runtime dependency (tempora). Active maintenance as of April 2026, marked Production/Stable since early releases.
Requires Python 3.9 or later.
License in practice
MIT license permits commercial and private use with minimal restrictions—standard permissive terms.
Quickstart
import argparse
import jaraco.logging
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
jaraco.logging.add_arguments(parser)
args = parser.parse_args()
jaraco.logging.setup(args)Verify before relying
- Whether the package supports log format customization beyond level selection via command-line arguments.
- Whether it integrates with standard Python logging handlers or only the root logger.
Package facts
| License | MIT permissive |
| Python support | Supports the current Python release >=3.9 |
| Install friction | Low. Pure-Python wheel |
| Runtime dependencies | 1 packagetempora |
| Maintenance | Actively maintained 424 days since the last release |
| Last repo commit | |
| First released | |
| Downloads | 147,592 / month, #11,057 on PyPI 30-day window, as of 2026-08-14 |
| Known vulnerabilities | None known OSV.dev, checked 2026-08-14 |
| Classifiers | Development Status :: 5 - Production/StableIntended Audience :: DevelopersProgramming Language :: Python :: 3Programming Language :: Python :: 3 :: Only |
Evidence: jaraco_logging-3.4.0-py3-none-any.whl
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