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Migrate from Pino

Replace Pino with better-logger in ~15 minutes. Fewer dependencies. Better output.

Why Migrate?

Feature	Pino	better-logger
Dependencies	8+	0
Bundle size	30KB	3.8KB
Auto-flow grouping	❌	✅
Automatic timing	Manual	✅
Hierarchical output	❌	✅
Browser support	❌	✅
TypeScript	✅	✅

Step 1: Install

npm uninstall pino
npm install @better-logger/core

Step 2: Replace Logger Instance

import pino from 'pino'
const logger = pino()

logger.info('User created', { email: user.email })
logger.warn('Slow query', { duration: 250 })
logger.error('Payment failed', error)

import { better } from '@better-logger/core'

better.log.info('User created', { email: user.email })
better.log.warn('Slow query', { duration: 250 })
better.log.error('Payment failed', error)

Step 3: Replace Child Loggers

const childLogger = logger.child({ requestId })
childLogger.info('Processing request')

better.log('Processing request', { requestId })

Step 4: Replace Transports

const logger = pino({
  transport: {
    target: 'pino/file',
    options: { destination: './app.log' }
  }
})

better.log.toFile('./app.log', { append: true })

Step 5: Replace Redaction

const logger = pino({ redact: ['password', 'ssn'] })

better.log.redact(['password', 'ssn'])

Quick Reference

Pino	better-logger
logger.info(msg, obj)	better.log.info(msg, obj)
logger.warn(msg, obj)	better.log.warn(msg, obj)
logger.error(msg, obj)	better.log.error(msg, obj)
logger.child(obj)	better.log(msg, obj)
pino({ transport })	better.log.toFile()
pino({ redact })	better.log.redact()
pino({ serializers })	Auto-serialized via safeSerialize()

See Also

Migrate from Winston → Migrate from console.log →