syslog-ng Open Source Edition

syslog-ng is a company that develops and maintains log management software solutions. The core product is syslog-ng, an open-source log collection and management application that processes, filters, and routes log messages from various sources to different destinations. The software is designed to handle high-volume log data with performance optimization features and supports multiple protocols including TCP, UDP, and HTTP.

The company offers both open-source and commercial editions of their software. Their product portfolio includes syslog-ng Store Box (SSB), which was previously available as a hardware appliance but is transitioning to virtual-only deployment. The software supports various destinations including file storage, databases like MongoDB and OpenSearch, and message queuing systems like Kafka.

syslog-ng provides features such as message parsing with PatternDB, filtering capabilities, statistics collection through Prometheus integration, and multi-threaded processing for scalability. The software is used across different operating systems and hardware platforms, from embedded devices like Raspberry Pi to enterprise servers.

The company maintains an active open-source community with technical documentation, mailing lists, and GitHub repositories. They provide performance testing tools like sngbench to help users optimize their deployments. The company is owned by One Identity LLC and continues to develop new features including Kafka source support and OpenSearch data streams integration.