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= Project Thanks

Log4j 2 is a successful project because of the large and diverse
community that contributes to it.

There are a handful of tools that developers in the community use; some
are open-source and some are commercial. We'd like to extend a special
thanks to these communities/companies:

|===
|Who |What

|image:YourKitLogo.png["YourKit", link="https://www.yourkit.com/features/"]
|YourKit supports the Log4j 2 project with its full-featured Java Profiler.
YourKit, LLC is the creator of innovative and intelligent tools for profiling Java and .NET applications.
See https://www.yourkit.com/features/[YourKit's leading software products].

|image:IntelliJ-IDEA-logo.png["IntelliJ IDEA", link="https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/"]
|JetBrains supports the Log4j 2 project with https://www.jetbrains.com/idea/[IntelliJ IDEA].

|image:https://www.jclarity.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/JClarity_logo_tagline3.png["jClarity", link="https://www.jclarity.com/"]
|jClarity supports the Log4j 2 project with its https://www.jclarity.com/censum/[Censum] GC log parsing tool.

|image:https://www.apache.org/images/feather-small.gif["Apache Feather Logo", link="https://www.apache.org/foundation/thanks.html"]
|All of the Platinum/Gold/Silver/Bronze sponsors of the ASF.
|===

== Individual Donations to the Apache Software Foundation

The Apache Software Foundation receives many smaller donations from
individuals via our PayPal and Amazon Payments services (details
https://www.apache.org/foundation/contributing.html[here]).

We would like to thank all of our individual donors for their support of
our work, and for their willingness to contribute with only this as
recognition for their generosity.
