critical-section

8.0M downloads in the last 30 days (267.7K/day), up 12% from the previous period.

3.4K crates depend on critical-section. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

The primary maintainer publishes 160 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 5 years with 19 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

critical-section has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

At 19KB, critical-section is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

95% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.

Notable dependents include once_cell, event-listener, portable-atomic, heapless, hickory-proto. When high-quality crates choose critical-section, it's a strong quality signal.