README.md

# Fluent Bit

[Fluent Bit](http://fluentbit.io) is a fast Log Processor and Forwarder for Linux, Embedded Linux, MacOS and BSD family operating systems. It's part of the [Fluentd](http://fluentd.org) Ecosystem and a [CNCF](https://cncf.io) sub-project.

Fluent Bit allows to collect log events or metrics from different sources, process them and deliver them to different backends such as [Fluentd](http://fluentd.org), Elasticsearch, NATS, InfluxDB or any custom HTTP end-point within others.

In addition, Fluent Bit comes with full [Stream Processing](https://docs.fluentbit.io/stream-processing/) capabilities: data manipulation and analytics using SQL queries.

Fluent Bit runs on x86_64, x86, arm32v7 and arm64v8 architectures.

## Features

- High Performance
- Data Parsing
  - Convert your unstructured messages using our parsers: [JSON](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/parsers/json), [Regex](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/parsers/regular-expression), [LTSV](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/parsers/ltsv) and [Logfmt](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/pipeline/parsers/logfmt)
- Reliability and Data Integrity
  - [Backpressure](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/administration/backpressure) Handling
  - [Data Buffering](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/administration/buffering-and-storage) in memory and file system
- Networking
  - Security: built-in TLS/SSL support
  - Asynchronous I/O
- Pluggable Architecture and [Extensibility](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/development): Inputs, Filters and Outputs
  - More than 50 built-in plugins available
  - Extensibility
    - Write any input, filter or output plugin in C language
    - Bonus: write [Filters in Lua](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/filter/lua) or [Output plugins in Golang](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/development/golang-output-plugins)
- [Monitoring](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/administration/monitoring): expose internal metrics over HTTP in JSON and [Prometheus](https://prometheus.io/) format
- [Stream Processing](https://docs.fluentbit.io/stream-processing/): Perform data selection and transformation using simple SQL queries
  - Create new streams of data using query results
  - Aggregation Windows
  - Data analysis and prediction: Timeseries forecasting
- Portable: runs on Linux, MacOS, Windows and BSD systems

## [Documentation](https://docs.fluentbit.io)

Our official project documentation for [installation](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/installation), [configuration](https://docs.fluentbit.io/manual/administration/configuring-fluent-bit), deployment and development topics is located here:

- [https://docs.fluentbit.io](https://fluentbit.io)