bare-metal

587.7K downloads in the last 30 days, down 20% from the previous period. May indicate migration to alternatives.

1.8K crates depend on bare-metal. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

The primary maintainer publishes 92 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 8 years with 11 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

bare-metal has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

At 10KB, bare-metal is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

18% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

Notable dependents include cortex-m, stm32h7xx-hal, cortex-m-rtic, stm32f4xx-hal, rtic. When high-quality crates choose bare-metal, it's a strong quality signal.