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rollbar vs evlog

LoggingPackage data 25 Sept 2026
rollbarv3.1.0, 12 Mar 2026

Effortlessly track and debug errors in your JavaScript applications with Rollbar. This package includes advanced error tracking features and an intuitive interface to help you identify and fix issues more quickly.

$ npm install rollbar
evlogv2.29.0, 10 Sept 2026

Modern TypeScript logger — simple logs, wide events, structured errors. Built for scripts, libraries, jobs, edge, and HTTP. One drain pipeline everywhere.

$ npm install evlog
MetricrollbarevlogDifference
Weekly downloads343,119234,158rollbar +47%
12-month download growth+19%--
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies70rollbar 7 more
Unpacked size17.4 MB1.8 MBevlog 9.8x smaller
Latest release3.1.0, 12 Mar 20262.29.0, 10 Sept 2026evlog 6 months more recent
Releases, last 12 months3--
First published26 Feb 2013--
GitHub stars5871,871evlog 3.2x higher
Open issues5514rollbar 41 more
Open pull requests196rollbar 13 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks1191,102evlog 9.3x higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM onlyDiffers
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

rollbar343.1k latest weekevlog234.2k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

rollbar

Major versions
  1. 0.2.026 Feb 2013
  2. 2.0.015 May 2017
  3. 3.0.027 Feb 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 3.1.012 Mar 2026
  2. 3.0.027 Feb 2026
  3. 2.26.517 Oct 2025
  4. 2.26.419 Mar 2024
  5. 2.26.315 Feb 2024
145 releases in total, 3 in the last 12 months

evlog

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
rollbar

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evlog

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rollbar

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evlog

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  • Need no runtime dependenciesevlog (rollbar has 7, evlog has 0)
  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsrollbar (rollbar: ESM + CommonJS; evlog: ESM only)
  • Need to load it with require()rollbar
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Node.js version requirementrollbar: none declared; evlog: >=18.0.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseevlog (2.29.0 on 10 Sept 2026 vs 3.1.0 on 12 Mar 2026)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsrollbar (343.1k vs 234.2k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

evlog: evlog npm registry, evlog npm downloads, evlog GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.