Log4r_remote_syslog_outputter is a project mainly written in Ruby, it's free.
Allows Log4r to output to a remote syslog server.
A Log4r outputter that delegates to Papertrail's remote syslog logger.
See lib/log4r_remote_syslog_outputter/log4r/outputters/remote_syslog_outputter.rb for usage information, it's self-explanatory.