Tokio rs Tracing by tokio-rs

Application level tracing for Rust.

rustrust-langtracinglogginglogging-librarylogging-facadelogging-and-metricsdiagnostics
Verdict 67/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 20 days ago

Self-host Tokio rs Tracing on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
67 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
6.7k
886 forks

About Tokio rs Tracing

From the project's README at github.com/tokio-rs/tracing. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

![Tracing, Structured, application-level diagnostics][splash]

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[![Crates.io][crates-badge]][crates-url] [![Documentation][docs-badge]][docs-url] [![Documentation (v0.2.x)][docs-v0.2.x-badge]][docs-v0.2.x-url] [![MIT licensed][mit-badge]][mit-url] [![Build Status][actions-badge]][actions-url] [![Discord chat][discord-badge]][discord-url]

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Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
73
maturity
85
community
75
security
85
sustainability
53
adoption
35

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 6.7k github.com/tokio-rs/tracing
GitHub forks 886 github.com/tokio-rs/tracing
CRATES downloads (last month) 121229k tracing

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age7.3 yearssince Jan 2019
Last commit8 days agoApr 29, 2026
Releases shipped110last: 20 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

3 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. Most recent: CVE-2025-58160.

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