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Timber.io

Shut Down — December 2023

Reviewed byRoman K· 2023-12-01

What was it?

Developer-friendly logging platform. Beautiful structured log viewer with context-aware search.

What happened?

Timber quietly shut down after failing to compete with Datadog, Grafana Cloud, and Better Stack.

Migration Guide

Better Stack (Logtail successor), Axiom, or Grafana Loki for self-hosted.

Timeline & context

Timber.io shut down in December 2023, 3 years ago. It sat in the observability category, where Soft.xyz tracks 1 discontinued product in total. If you are still running it in production, the migration path above is the shortest route off it.

FAQ

Why did Timber.io shut down?

Timber quietly shut down after failing to compete with Datadog, Grafana Cloud, and Better Stack.

What should I migrate Timber.io to?

No drop-in replacement is tracked yet — check the observability category for current options.

Is there a free alternative to Timber.io?

Not among the tracked alternatives.