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Winston

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Flexible multi-transport logger for Node.js; very widely used though heavier than Pino.

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npm i winston

Stars

24.5k

24,528

Weekly downloads

36M

winston

Download growth

+7%

Last 4 weeks vs. 12 weeks earlier

Forks

1.9k

Last commit

3mo ago

Jul 20, 2026

Latest version

3.19.0

Open issues

546

License

MIT

Created

2010

15y ago

Popularity score

87/100

How it’s calculated

Weekly downloads

Package winston, last 52 weeks.

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Backend › Logging#logging#transports#nodejs

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