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esp-alloc

v0.9.0 Growing

A heap allocator for Espressif devices

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2024 MSRV 1.86.0
Memory managementEmbedded developmentNo standard library #embedded#memory#allocator#esp32#espressif

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 128 crates
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
633.9K
Dependents
128
Releases
10
Size
16KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

34.7K downloads in the last 30 days (1.2K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

128 crates depend on esp-alloc. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 54 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, esp-alloc hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 15KB, esp-alloc is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include esp32s3-hal, esp32s2-hal, esp-wifi, sh8601-rs, ft3x68-rs. When high-quality crates choose esp-alloc, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 10/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 17/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 15/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
1K/day avg-36%
05001K2K2K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.8.0
33%
v0.3.0
33%
v0.5.0
15%
v0.7.0
11%
v0.9.0
8%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["compat"]

defmtesp32compat*esp32c2esp32c3esp32c6esp32h2esp32s2esp32s3nightlyinternal-heap-stats

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
9
direct dependencies
Dependents
128
crates depend on esp-alloc

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