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# ECS Logging Python [intro]

ECS loggers are formatter/encoder plugins for your favorite logging libraries. They make it easy to format your logs into ECS-compatible JSON.

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Want to learn more about ECS, ECS logging, and other available language plugins? See the [ECS logging guide](ecs-logging://reference/intro.md).
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Ready to jump into `ecs-logging-python`? [Get started](/reference/installation.md).

If you’d like to try out a tutorial using Python ECS logging, see [Ingest logs from a Python application using Filebeat](docs-content://manage-data/ingest/ingesting-data-from-applications/ingest-logs-from-python-application-using-filebeat.md).

