cortex-m-rt
v0.7.5 GrowingMinimal runtime / startup for Cortex-M microcontrollers
Quick Verdict
- ✕Not updated for 1+ year
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (5.5K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
438.6K downloads in the last 30 days (14.6K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.
5.5K crates depend on cortex-m-rt. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 75 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 8+ years old, cortex-m-rt hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 38KB, cortex-m-rt is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
40% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include embedded-hal-nb, embedded-alloc, stm32h7, rp235x-pac, rp235x-hal. When high-quality crates choose cortex-m-rt, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
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Top Dependents
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