diff --git a/abstutil/Cargo.toml b/abstutil/Cargo.toml
index 6a1360c12e..9102f30ef7 100644
--- a/abstutil/Cargo.toml
+++ b/abstutil/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 authors = ["Dustin Carlino <dabreegster@gmail.com>"]
 
 [dependencies]
+log = "0.4.5"
 multimap = "0.4.0"
 serde = "1.0"
 serde_cbor = "0.8.2"
 serde_json = "1.0"
+yansi = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/abstutil/src/lib.rs b/abstutil/src/lib.rs
index 615f785ff5..0b3257bb8e 100644
--- a/abstutil/src/lib.rs
+++ b/abstutil/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
+extern crate log;
 extern crate multimap;
 extern crate serde;
 extern crate serde_cbor;
 extern crate serde_json;
+extern crate yansi;
 
 mod abst_multimap;
 mod clone;
 mod error;
 mod io;
+mod logs;
 mod time;
 
 pub use abst_multimap::MultiMap;
@@ -17,4 +20,5 @@ pub use io::{
     read_json, save_object, serialize_btreemap, serialize_multimap, to_json, write_binary,
     write_json,
 };
+pub use logs::{format_log_record, LogAdapter};
 pub use time::elapsed_seconds;
diff --git a/abstutil/src/logs.rs b/abstutil/src/logs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..80abb1d6e9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/abstutil/src/logs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+use log::{Log, Metadata, Record};
+use yansi::Paint;
+
+pub struct LogAdapter;
+
+impl Log for LogAdapter {
+    fn enabled(&self, _metadata: &Metadata) -> bool {
+        true
+    }
+
+    fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
+        println!("{}", format_log_record(record));
+    }
+
+    fn flush(&self) {}
+}
+
+pub fn format_log_record(record: &Record) -> String {
+    format!(
+        "[{}] [{}] {}",
+        Paint::white(record.level()),
+        match record.target() {
+            "UI" => Paint::red("UI"),
+            "sim" => Paint::green("sim"),
+            "map" => Paint::blue("map"),
+            x => Paint::cyan(x),
+        },
+        record.args()
+    )
+}
diff --git a/editor/Cargo.toml b/editor/Cargo.toml
index 3ccbf23d06..9c78ac1e7d 100644
--- a/editor/Cargo.toml
+++ b/editor/Cargo.toml
@@ -28,4 +28,3 @@ sim = { path = "../sim" }
 structopt = "0.2"
 strum = "0.9.0"
 strum_macros = "0.9.0"
-yansi = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/editor/src/main.rs b/editor/src/main.rs
index c9875163a1..50e913dbf6 100644
--- a/editor/src/main.rs
+++ b/editor/src/main.rs
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ extern crate structopt;
 extern crate strum;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate strum_macros;
-extern crate yansi;
 
 #[macro_use]
 mod macros;
diff --git a/editor/src/plugins/logs.rs b/editor/src/plugins/logs.rs
index 6fdfd172ed..ff0b00eeb2 100644
--- a/editor/src/plugins/logs.rs
+++ b/editor/src/plugins/logs.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use abstutil::format_log_record;
 use ezgui::{Canvas, GfxCtx, LogScroller, UserInput};
 use log;
 use log::{LevelFilter, Log, Metadata, Record};
@@ -62,20 +63,8 @@ impl Log for LogAdapter {
     }
 
     fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
-        use yansi::Paint;
+        println!("{}", format_log_record(record));
 
-        let line = format!(
-            "[{}] [{}] {}",
-            Paint::white(record.level()),
-            match record.target() {
-                "UI" => Paint::red("UI"),
-                "sim" => Paint::green("sim"),
-                "map" => Paint::blue("map"),
-                x => Paint::cyan(x),
-            },
-            record.args()
-        );
-        println!("{}", line);
         // TODO could handle newlines here
         LOGGER.lock().unwrap().add_line(&format!(
             "[{}] [{}] {}",
diff --git a/headless/Cargo.toml b/headless/Cargo.toml
index 1f48ae9da4..376ac52a66 100644
--- a/headless/Cargo.toml
+++ b/headless/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,4 +12,3 @@ map_model = { path = "../map_model" }
 pretty_assertions = "0.5.1"
 sim = { path = "../sim" }
 structopt = "0.2"
-yansi = "0.4.0"
diff --git a/headless/src/main.rs b/headless/src/main.rs
index f34d41f7c5..eced520b85 100644
--- a/headless/src/main.rs
+++ b/headless/src/main.rs
@@ -8,9 +8,9 @@ extern crate map_model;
 extern crate sim;
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate structopt;
-extern crate yansi;
 
-use log::{LevelFilter, Log, Metadata, Record};
+use abstutil::LogAdapter;
+use log::LevelFilter;
 use sim::SimFlags;
 use structopt::StructOpt;
 
@@ -78,31 +78,3 @@ fn main() {
     sim::save_backtraces("call_graph.json");
     println!("{:?}", sim.get_score());
 }
-
-// TODO This is copied from editor; dedupe how?
-struct LogAdapter;
-
-impl Log for LogAdapter {
-    fn enabled(&self, _metadata: &Metadata) -> bool {
-        true
-    }
-
-    fn log(&self, record: &Record) {
-        use yansi::Paint;
-
-        let line = format!(
-            "[{}] [{}] {}",
-            Paint::white(record.level()),
-            match record.target() {
-                "UI" => Paint::red("UI"),
-                "sim" => Paint::green("sim"),
-                "map" => Paint::blue("map"),
-                x => Paint::cyan(x),
-            },
-            record.args()
-        );
-        println!("{}", line);
-    }
-
-    fn flush(&self) {}
-}