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main_error

v0.1.2 Growing

Print errors with Display instead of Debug when using ? in main().

MIT Edition 2018
Command-line interface #error#debug#print#display#main

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 4+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 775 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (4KB, 0 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT)

Security

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Downloads
214.7K
Dependents
775
Releases
3
Size
4KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

9.2K downloads in the last 30 days (306/day), up 17% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

775 crates depend on main_error. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, main_error hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Zero dependencies

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

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Compact crate

At 4KB, main_error is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include stak-sac, stak-interpret, stak-profile, rsacracker, tf-demo-parser. When high-quality crates choose main_error, 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 13/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 6/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
263/day avg+38%
020040060012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.2
67%
v0.1.1
22%
v0.1.0
11%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
775
crates depend on main_error

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