color-backtrace
v0.7.2 GrowingColorful panic backtraces
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 50d ago)
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (1.1K crates depend on it)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
164.2K downloads in the last 30 days (5.5K/day), up 15% from the previous period.
1.1K crates depend on color-backtrace. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
color-backtrace has only 1 owner despite 1.1K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.
Despite being 7+ years old, color-backtrace hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 20KB, color-backtrace is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include vsdbsled, sled, notify-rust, openidconnect, rumqttc. When high-quality crates choose color-backtrace, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
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Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on color-backtrace
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Feature Flags
default =["use-backtrace-crate"]
