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die

v0.2.0 Growing

Handle errors and exit in command line programs easily.

MIT/Apache-2.0
#stderr#cmdline#die#cmd#exit

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 7+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 155 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (7KB, 0 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

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Downloads
41.5K
Dependents
155
Releases
2
Size
7KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

3.0K downloads in the last 30 days (100/day), up 10% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

155 crates depend on die. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 7+ years old, die hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Zero dependencies

die has no external dependencies โ€” minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

At 7KB, die is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include unmake, tinyrick, crit, tinyrick_extras, sssg. When high-quality crates choose die, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 3/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 9/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 8/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
108/day avg-39%
020040060012/301/172/42/223/123/29

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.0
96%
v0.1.0
4%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
0
direct dependencies
Dependents
155
crates depend on die

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