What is logback?

Logback is intended as a successor to the popular log4j project. It was designed by Ceki Gülcü, log4j's founder. It builds upon a decade of experience gained in designing industrial-strength logging systems. The resulting product, i.e. logback, is faster and has a smaller footprint than all existing logging systems, sometimes by a wide margin. Just as importantly, logback offers unique and rather useful features missing in other logging systems.