slfmt is intended to be used to filter logging output from a process. It reads from stdin and writes to stdout. It expects to see a JSON object on each line of input, and will pretty-print the object to stdout. Escape codes in the log lines (\n for newlines, etc.) are supported and will be expanded in the output.

Any lines that are not valid JSON objects will be printed as-is to stdout.

Example:

./run-server | slfmt

Sample Output:

---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
scope:     "server/rest_api"
level:     "ERROR"
ts:
  2025-01-03T08:46:35-06:00 (local)  2025-01-03T14:46:35Z (UTC)
msg:       unhandled exception (DbError)
err:
  ERROR:  relation "users" does not exist
  LINE 1: SELECT id FROM users WHERE id = '43422d65-6874-44ce-b9b3-f8c...
                         ^

stack:
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy.nim(519) workerProc
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy.nim(450) runTask
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy/routers.nim(271) :anonymous
  /home/username/projects/server/api/src/main/nim/server_api/api.nim(65) :anonymous
  /home/username/projects/server/api/src/main/nim/server_api/auth.nim(74) extractSession
  /home/username/projects/fiber-orm-nim/src/fiber_orm.nim(599) createOrUpdateUser
  /home/username/projects/fiber-orm-nim/src/fiber_orm.nim(384) createOrUpdateRecord
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/db_connector-0.1.0-d68319e3785fa937f0465ea915e942b61b6b5442/db_connector/db_postgres.nim(497) getAllRows
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/db_connector-0.1.0-d68319e3785fa937f0465ea915e942b61b6b5442/db_connector/db_postgres.nim(174) setupQuery
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/db_connector-0.1.0-d68319e3785fa937f0465ea915e942b61b6b5442/db_connector/db_postgres.nim(116) dbError
  [[reraised from:
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy.nim(519) workerProc
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy.nim(450) runTask
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy/routers.nim(271) :anonymous
  /home/username/projects/server/api/src/main/nim/server_api/api.nim(65) :anonymous
  /home/username/projects/server/api/src/main/nim/server_api/auth.nim(74) extractSession
  /home/username/projects/fiber-orm-nim/src/fiber_orm.nim(727) createOrUpdateUser
  ]]



---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
scope:     "server/rest_api"
level:     "ERROR"
ts:
  2025-01-03T08:46:35-06:00 (local)  2025-01-03T14:46:35Z (UTC)
msg:       unhandled exception (DbError)
err:
  ERROR:  relation "users" does not exist
  LINE 1: SELECT id FROM users WHERE id = '43422d65-6874-44ce-b9b3-f8c...
                         ^

stack:
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy.nim(519) workerProc
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy.nim(450) runTask
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy/routers.nim(271) :anonymous
  /home/username/projects/server/api/src/main/nim/server_api/api.nim(65) :anonymous
  /home/username/projects/server/api/src/main/nim/server_api/auth.nim(74) extractSession
  /home/username/projects/fiber-orm-nim/src/fiber_orm.nim(599) createOrUpdateUser
  /home/username/projects/fiber-orm-nim/src/fiber_orm.nim(384) createOrUpdateRecord
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/db_connector-0.1.0-d68319e3785fa937f0465ea915e942b61b6b5442/db_connector/db_postgres.nim(497) getAllRows
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/db_connector-0.1.0-d68319e3785fa937f0465ea915e942b61b6b5442/db_connector/db_postgres.nim(174) setupQuery
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/db_connector-0.1.0-d68319e3785fa937f0465ea915e942b61b6b5442/db_connector/db_postgres.nim(116) dbError
  [[reraised from:
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy.nim(519) workerProc
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy.nim(450) runTask
  /home/username/.local/share/mise/installs/nim/2.2.0/nimble/pkgs2/mummy-0.4.5-cb7f70cd4d6fd3a563e00e664cfbd8cbd3c39b79/mummy/routers.nim(271) :anonymous
  /home/username/projects/server/api/src/main/nim/server_api/api.nim(65) :anonymous
  /home/username/projects/server/api/src/main/nim/server_api/auth.nim(74) extractSession
  /home/username/projects/fiber-orm-nim/src/fiber_orm.nim(727) createOrUpdateUser
  ]]