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pic8259

v0.11.0 Growing

Abstractions for the 8259 and 8259A interrupt controllers

Apache-2.0/MIT Edition 2018
#kernel#no_std#interrupts

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 2+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (5KB, 1 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (Apache-2.0/MIT)

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Downloads
330.5K
Dependents
63
Releases
6
Size
5KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

13.7K downloads in the last 30 days (457/day), up 2% from the previous period.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 4+ years old, pic8259 hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 1 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 5KB, pic8259 is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include moros, pluggable_interrupt_os, x86_interrupts, ember_os, mango-hal. When high-quality crates choose pic8259, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 8/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 9/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
431/day avg+12%
020040060080012/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.10.1
33%
v0.10.4
31%
v0.10.2
23%
v0.11.0
9%
v0.10.3
3%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

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Dependents
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