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panic-halt

v1.0.0 Growing

Set panicking behavior to halt

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.58.0
No standard library #panic#halt#panic-handler

Quick Verdict

  • Not updated for 1+ year
  • Stable API (1.x for 7+ years)
  • Massive adoption (1.5K crates depend on it)
  • Tiny footprint (7KB, 0 deps)
  • Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
2.7M
Dependents
1.5K
Releases
6
Size
7KB

Deep Insights

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Stable downloads

252.8K downloads in the last 30 days (8.4K/day). Volume is roughly flat compared to the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.5K crates depend on panic-halt. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Single maintainer risk

panic-halt has only 1 owner despite 1.5K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern — consider the implications for long-term support.

Stable for 7+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 7 years with 6 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Zero dependencies

panic-halt has no external dependencies — minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cortex-m-rt, riscv-rt, stm32h7xx-hal, stm32f4xx-hal, rp-pico. When high-quality crates choose panic-halt, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 4/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 14/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads · last 90 days
8K/day avg+94%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.2.0
60%
v1.0.0
40%
v0.1.3
0%
v0.1.2
0%
v0.1.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
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direct dependencies
Dependents
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