Here’s the Deal
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When comparing Scribe vs Syslog-ng, the Slant community recommends Syslog-ng for most people. In the question“What are the best log management, aggregation & monitoring tools?” Syslog-ng is ranked 10th while Scribe is ranked 13th. The most important reason people chose Syslog-ng is:
Syslog-ng is free and open source.
Specs
Typeaggregation
Typeaggregation
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Pros
Pro Works with pretty much any language
Scribe uses Thrift for its protocol encoding so it's compatible with pretty much any language you want to use with it.
Pro Free and open source
Licensed under the Apache 2.0.
Pro Free and open source
Syslog-ng is free and open source.
Cons
Con No longer supported
Scribe has been abandoned and is no longer supported by Facebook. This means that it's no longer possible to submit pull requests or to open issues.
Con No advanced filtering out of the box
Sylog-ng does not have any advanced filtering out of the box.