diff --git a/desktop/flipper-common/src/index.tsx b/desktop/flipper-common/src/index.tsx
index 0adc56355..c99b69625 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-common/src/index.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-common/src/index.tsx
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 
 export {
   Logger,
+  LoggerExtractError,
+  LoggerFormat,
+  LoggerInfo,
+  LoggerPerformanceEntry,
   LoggerTrackType,
   LoggerTypes,
   LoggerArgs,
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-common/src/utils/Logger.tsx b/desktop/flipper-common/src/utils/Logger.tsx
index 68bfecee8..0488b6e30 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-common/src/utils/Logger.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-common/src/utils/Logger.tsx
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
  */
 
 import {isTest} from '../utils/isTest';
+import {getErrorFromErrorLike, getStringFromErrorLike} from '../utils/errors';
 
 export type LoggerTypes = 'error' | 'warn' | 'info' | 'debug';
 
@@ -22,6 +23,21 @@ export type LoggerArgs = {
   isTest?: boolean;
 };
 
+export type LoggerInfo = {
+  formatted: Array<any>;
+  namespace: string;
+  type: LoggerTypes;
+  msg: any;
+  time: number;
+};
+
+export type LoggerPerformanceEntry = {
+  startTime: number;
+  name: string;
+  entryType: string;
+  duration: number;
+};
+
 export interface Logger {
   track(
     type: LoggerTrackType,
@@ -90,3 +106,59 @@ export class NoopLogger implements Logger {
 
   debug(_data: any, _category: string) {}
 }
+
+export function LoggerExtractError(...data: Array<any>): {
+  message: string;
+  error: Error;
+} {
+  const message = getStringFromErrorLike(data);
+  const error = getErrorFromErrorLike(data) ?? new Error(message);
+  return {
+    message,
+    error,
+  };
+}
+
+export function LoggerFormat(
+  type: LoggerTypes,
+  ...data: Array<any>
+): LoggerInfo {
+  function stringify(value: any) {
+    if (
+      value === undefined ||
+      value === null ||
+      typeof value == 'object' ||
+      typeof value == 'function' ||
+      typeof value == 'symbol'
+    ) {
+      try {
+        return JSON.stringify(value, null, 2);
+      } catch (e) {
+        return JSON.stringify(
+          {
+            error: `Failed to serialise: ${e}`,
+          },
+          null,
+          2,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+    return value;
+  }
+
+  const date = new Date().toISOString();
+  const human = 'flipper';
+  const args = [`[${date}] ${human}`];
+  if (data) {
+    args[0] += ':';
+    data.forEach((e) => args.push(e));
+  }
+  const msg = data.map((e) => stringify(e)).join(' ');
+  return {
+    msg,
+    namespace: 'flipper',
+    time: Date.now(),
+    type,
+    formatted: args,
+  };
+}
diff --git a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/fb-stubs/__mocks__/Logger.tsx b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/fb-stubs/__mocks__/Logger.tsx
index a72663b96..1ca32e51f 100644
--- a/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/fb-stubs/__mocks__/Logger.tsx
+++ b/desktop/flipper-ui-core/src/fb-stubs/__mocks__/Logger.tsx
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ const instance = {
   debug: jest.fn(),
 };
 
-export function extractError(...data: Array<any>): {
+export function LoggerExtractError(...data: Array<any>): {
   message: string;
   error: Error;
 } {
diff --git a/desktop/yarn.lock b/desktop/yarn.lock
index 4e26a25d0..863ca1685 100644
--- a/desktop/yarn.lock
+++ b/desktop/yarn.lock
@@ -13028,11 +13028,6 @@ ws@^8.5.0, ws@^8.6.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.6.0.tgz#e5e9f1d9e7ff88083d0c0dd8281ea662a42c9c23"
   integrity sha512-AzmM3aH3gk0aX7/rZLYvjdvZooofDu3fFOzGqcSnQ1tOcTWwhM/o+q++E8mAyVVIyUdajrkzWUGftaVSDLn1bw==
 
-ws@^8.6.0:
-  version "8.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.6.0.tgz#e5e9f1d9e7ff88083d0c0dd8281ea662a42c9c23"
-  integrity sha512-AzmM3aH3gk0aX7/rZLYvjdvZooofDu3fFOzGqcSnQ1tOcTWwhM/o+q++E8mAyVVIyUdajrkzWUGftaVSDLn1bw==
-
 ws@~8.2.3:
   version "8.2.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ws/-/ws-8.2.3.tgz#63a56456db1b04367d0b721a0b80cae6d8becbba"