Node is an event-based server-side javascript engine.

ain provides brain-free syslog logging for node.

ain is written with full compatibility with node console module. it implements all console functions and formatting. also ain supports utf-8.

ain can send messages by udp to 127.0.0.1:514 or to the a unix socket; the latter however only for node 0.4.x, as unix_dgram sockets support has been removed > 0.5.x.

in the phoenician alphabet letter "ain" indicates eye.