failure

814.8K downloads in the last 30 days (27.2K/day), up 76% from the previous period.

19.3K crates depend on failure — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.

This crate is maintained by a team (2 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.

Despite being 8+ years old, failure hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

At 37KB, failure is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

Notable dependents include procfs, failure_derive, schnorrkel, tokio-process, config_struct. When high-quality crates choose failure, it's a strong quality signal.