# OpenTelemetry Log Appender for `log` crate ![OpenTelemetry — An observability framework for cloud-native software.][splash] [splash]: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/main/assets/logo-text.png This crate contains a [Log Appender](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-specification/blob/main/specification/glossary.md#log-appender--bridge) that bridges logs from the [log crate](https://docs.rs/log/latest/log/) to OpenTelemetry. [](https://crates.io/crates/opentelemetry-appender-log) [](https://docs.rs/opentelemetry-appender-log) [](./LICENSE) [](https://github.com/open-telemetry/opentelemetry-rust/actions?query=workflow%3ACI+branch%3Amain) [](https://cloud-native.slack.com/archives/C03GDP0H023) ## OpenTelemetry Overview OpenTelemetry is an Observability framework and toolkit designed to create and manage telemetry data such as traces, metrics, and logs. OpenTelemetry is vendor- and tool-agnostic, meaning that it can be used with a broad variety of Observability backends, including open source tools like [Jaeger] and [Prometheus], as well as commercial offerings. OpenTelemetry is *not* an observability backend like Jaeger, Prometheus, or other commercial vendors. OpenTelemetry is focused on the generation, collection, management, and export of telemetry. A major goal of OpenTelemetry is that you can easily instrument your applications or systems, no matter their language, infrastructure, or runtime environment. Crucially, the storage and visualization of telemetry is intentionally left to other tools. ## Release Notes You can find the release notes (changelog) [here](./CHANGELOG.md).