There is a newer version of this package available.
See the version list below for details.
dotnet add package NLog --version 4.6.0
NuGet\Install-Package NLog -Version 4.6.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package.
<PackageReference Include="NLog" Version="4.6.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package.
paket add NLog --version 4.6.0
#r "nuget: NLog, 4.6.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package.
// Install NLog as a Cake Addin
#addin nuget:?package=NLog&version=4.6.0

// Install NLog as a Cake Tool
#tool nuget:?package=NLog&version=4.6.0

NLog is a logging platform for .NET with rich log routing and management capabilities.
NLog supports traditional logging, structured logging and the combination of both.

Supported platforms:

- .NET Framework 3.5, 4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 & 4.8
- .NET Standard 1.3+ and 2.0+;
- .NET Framework 4 client profile
- Xamarin Android, Xamarin iOs
- UWP
- Windows Phone 8
- Silverlight 4 and 5
- Mono 4

For ASP.NET Core, check: NLog.Web.Asp.NET Core

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 was computed.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp1.0 was computed.  netcoreapp1.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard1.3 is compatible.  netstandard1.4 was computed.  netstandard1.5 is compatible.  netstandard1.6 was computed.  netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net35 is compatible.  net40 was computed.  net40-client is compatible.  net403 was computed.  net45 is compatible.  net451 was computed.  net452 was computed.  net46 was computed.  net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed.  monoandroid44 is compatible. 
MonoMac monomac was computed. 
MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Silverlight sl4 is compatible.  sl5 is compatible. 
Tizen tizen30 was computed.  tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Universal Windows Platform uap was computed.  uap10.0 was computed. 
Windows Phone wp8 is compatible.  wp81 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed.  xamarinios10 is compatible. 
Xamarin.Mac xamarinmac was computed. 
Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
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NLog.Extensions.Logging The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

NLog LoggerProvider for Microsoft.Extensions.Logging for logging in .NET Standard libraries and .NET Core applications. For ASP.NET Core, check: https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore

NLog.Config The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

NLog.config file to get started with configuring NLog. This package is not mandatory to get started with NLog: the configuration file can created manually (read specs here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-file) or the configuration can be created programmatically. (read more here: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/wiki/Configuration-API) Note: Unfortunately this package won't work well when using <PackageReference> Advised to: - download manually: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NLog/NLog/v4.4/src/NuGet/NLog.Config/content/NLog.config - set "Copy To Output Directory" to "Copy if newer"

Microsoft.ApplicationInsights.NLogTarget The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

Application Insights NLog Target is a custom target allowing you to send NLog log messages to Application Insights. Application Insights will collect your logs from multiple sources and provide rich powerful search capabilities. Privacy statement: https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=512156

NLog.Web The ID prefix of this package has been reserved for one of the owners of this package by NuGet.org.

NLog logging for ASP.NET and ASP.NET MVC. Includes targets and layout renderers for websites and web applications. This package is for ASP.NET 3.5+ For ASP.NET Core: Check https://www.nuget.org/packages/NLog.Web.AspNetCore

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NLog.Extended.dll provides MSMQ target and AppSetting renderer

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5.2.4 1,630,845 9/6/2023
5.2.3 1,524,524 8/5/2023
5.2.2 2,251,450 7/4/2023
5.2.1 147,325 7/1/2023
5.2.0 2,447,288 5/30/2023
5.1.5 264,982 5/25/2023
5.1.4 1,099,465 4/29/2023
5.1.3 2,681,578 3/28/2023
5.1.2 3,126,212 2/17/2023
5.1.1 4,067,745 12/29/2022
5.1.0 2,755,300 11/27/2022
5.0.5 3,211,489 10/25/2022
5.0.4 4,512,341 9/1/2022
5.0.3 150,747 8/31/2022
5.0.2 1,146,768 8/12/2022
5.0.1 4,059,290 6/12/2022
5.0.0 4,504,327 5/16/2022
4.7.15 8,059,377 3/26/2022
4.7.14 2,398,710 2/23/2022
4.7.13 5,900,396 12/5/2021
4.7.12 3,794,358 10/24/2021
4.7.11 13,181,427 8/18/2021
4.7.10 8,671,031 5/14/2021
4.7.9 7,519,400 3/24/2021
4.7.8 4,025,280 2/25/2021
4.7.7 3,144,877 1/20/2021
4.7.6 5,361,396 12/6/2020
4.7.5 6,792,037 9/27/2020
4.7.4 4,935,781 8/22/2020
4.7.3 1,788,719 7/31/2020
4.7.2 15,203,453 5/18/2020
4.7.1 163,432 5/15/2020
4.7.0 5,841,862 3/20/2020
4.6.8 19,006,858 11/4/2019
4.6.7 13,246,720 8/25/2019
4.6.6 3,584,503 7/14/2019
4.6.5 4,143,538 6/14/2019
4.6.4 3,043,127 5/28/2019
4.6.3 3,352,263 4/30/2019
4.6.2 2,549,678 4/2/2019
4.6.1 322,642 3/29/2019
4.6.0 975,277 3/21/2019
4.5.11 21,238,449 11/6/2018
4.5.10 6,316,943 9/17/2018
4.5.9 1,667,271 8/24/2018
4.5.8 2,478,359 8/5/2018
4.5.7 1,303,263 7/19/2018
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4.5.5 924,183 5/25/2018
4.5.4 4,479,230 5/5/2018
4.5.3 2,081,649 4/16/2018
4.5.2 1,199,339 4/6/2018
4.5.1 384,599 4/3/2018
4.5.0 9,813,348 3/25/2018
4.4.13 930,235 2/27/2018
4.4.12 7,631,168 8/8/2017
4.4.11 2,473,068 6/17/2017
4.4.10 496,419 5/31/2017
4.4.9 1,168,981 5/5/2017
4.4.8 227,746 4/28/2017
4.4.7 151,299 4/25/2017
4.4.6 390,771 4/15/2017
4.4.5 564,587 3/28/2017
4.4.4 662,092 3/10/2017
4.4.3 814,255 2/17/2017
4.4.2 491,226 2/6/2017
4.4.1 1,982,661 12/24/2016
4.4.0 370,637 12/14/2016
4.3.11 1,278,687 11/7/2016
4.3.10 1,032,181 10/11/2016
4.3.9 545,912 9/18/2016
4.3.8 790,213 9/5/2016
4.3.7 740,192 8/6/2016
4.3.6 318,778 7/23/2016
4.3.5 1,019,352 6/12/2016
4.3.4 900,794 5/16/2016
4.3.3 504,685 4/28/2016
4.3.2 114,045 4/26/2016
4.3.1 127,153 4/20/2016
4.3.0 174,175 4/16/2016
4.2.3 2,238,774 12/20/2015
4.2.2 399,946 12/2/2015
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4.2.0 526,494 10/24/2015
4.1.2 1,109,323 9/20/2015
4.1.1 189,422 9/12/2015
4.1.0 263,752 8/31/2015
4.0.1 1,131,958 6/18/2015
4.0.0 1,450,564 6/9/2015
3.2.1 1,121,970 4/24/2015
3.2.0 2,075,624 1/2/2015
3.1.0 1,970,623 6/24/2014
3.0.0 293,877 6/2/2014
2.1.0 3,227,416 10/10/2013
2.0.1.2 1,547,140 4/8/2013
2.0.0.2000 3,330,824 7/18/2011
1.0.0.505 942,348 1/7/2011

## All changes NLog 4.6

### Features

#### Main Feature

* Database target: support for DbType for parameters (including SqlDbType) - #2363 + #2899 + #3085 + #3091 (@hubo0831, @ObikeDev, @sorvis, @304NotModified, @snakefoot)

#### XML config features

* Added support for constant variable in level attributes - #2709  (level, minlevel, etc) (@304NotModified)
* Added defaultAction option for <filter> - #2848 (@304NotModified)
* Rules now support multiple '*' and '?' wildcards and in any position - #3098   (@beppemarazzi)
* Added Support ${currentdir}, ${basedir}, ${tempdir} and environment variables in internalLogFile value - #3031 + #3092  (@snakefoot)

#### New targets, layouts and layout renderers

* Added XmlLayout - Render LogEventInfo.Properties as XML - #2670 + #3014 (@snakefoot)
* Added ${db-null} layout renderer - #2849  (@304NotModified)
* Added New ${substring}, ${left} & ${right} layoutrenderer wrappers - #2907  (@304NotModified)
* Added ${HostName} Layout Renderer for full computer DNS name - #3071  (@amitsaha)
* Added ${AppSetting} Layout Renderer (app.config + web.config) moved from NLog.Extended for NetFramework - #3053  (@snakefoot)
* Added noRawValue layout wrapper - #3165  (@snakefoot)

#### Additions to targets, layouts and layout renderers

* AsyncTargetWrapper: added LogEventDropped + LogEventQueueGrow events - #2610 (@Pomoinytskyi)
* NetworkTarget - Support for SSL & TLS - #2678 (@snakefoot)
* JsonLayout: support for System.Dynamic-objects - #2902  (@304NotModified)
* AsyncTaskTarget: Added support for BatchSize and RetryCount  - #2909  (@snakefoot)
* ColoredConsoleTarget - Added EnableAnsiOutput option (VS Code support) - #3018  (@jp7677 + @snakefoot)
* Added IncludeGdc property in JsonLayout - #3050  (@casperc89)
* TargetWithContext - Support for PropertyType using IRawValue-interface - #3060  (@snakefoot)

### Enhancements

* JsonLayout includes Type-property when rendering Exception-object - #2989 (@snakefoot)
* LoggingConfigurationParser - Extracted from XmlLoggingConfiguration - #2891 (Prepare for appsettings.json)  (@snakefoot)
* Added support for complex objects in MDLC and NDLC on Net45 - #2910  (@snakefoot)
* PerformanceCounter - Improve behavior for CPU usage calculation - #2918  (@snakefoot)
* TargetWithContext - Include all properties even when duplicate names - #2941  (@snakefoot)
* Updated resharper annotations for better validation - #2974 (@imanushin)
* Improve default reflection support on .NET Core Native - #2979 (@snakefoot)
* EventLogTarget with better support for MaximumKilobytes configuration - #3017 (@Coriolanuss)
* Added Xamarin PreserveAttribute for the entire Assembly to improve AOT-linking - #3039 (@snakefoot)
* Create snupkg packages and use portable PDB - #3045 (@snakefoot)
* KeepFileOpen + ConcurrentWrites on Xamarin + UWP - #3079 - #3048 (@304NotModified)
* WebService Target allow custom override of SoapAction-header for Soap11 - #3082 + #3100 (@AlexeyRokhin)
* AsyncTaskTarget - Fixed unwanted delay caused by slow writer
* Various refactorings (19 pull requests) (@beppemarazzi, @304NotModified, @snakefoot)

### Performance

* AsyncTargetWrapper using ConcurrentQueue for .NET Core 2 for better thread-concurrency - #2650 (@snakefoot)
* AsyncTargetWrapper - TimeToSleepBetweenBatches changed default to 1ms - #2890 (@snakefoot)
* InternalLogger performance optimization when LogLevel.Off - #2897 (@snakefoot)
* InternalLogger LogLevel changes to LogLevel.Off by default unless being used. - #2935 (@snakefoot)
* CsvLayout - Allocation optimizations and optional skip quoting-check for individual columns. - #2934 (@snakefoot)
* MappedDiagnosticsLogicalContext - SetScoped with IReadOnlyList (Prepare for MEL BeginScope) - #2949 (@snakefoot)
* IRenderString-interface to improve performance for Layout with single LayoutRenderer - #2973 (@snakefoot)
* StringBuilderPool - Reduce memory overhead until required - #3103 (@snakefoot)

**LibLog Breaking change**

* [damianh/LibLog#181](https://github.com/damianh/LibLog/pull/181) - Sub-components using LibLog ver. 5.0.3 (or newer) will now use MDLC + NDLC (Instead of MDC + NDC) when detecting application is using NLog ver. 4.6. Make sure to update NLog.config to match this change. Make sure that all sub-components have upgraded to LibLog ver. 5.0.3 (or newer) if they make use of `OpenNestedContext` or `OpenMappedContext`.

See also [NLog 4.6 Milestone](https://github.com/NLog/NLog/milestone/44?closed=1)

Full changelog: https://github.com/NLog/NLog/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md

For all config options and platform support, check https://nlog-project.org/config/