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gimli-rs/gimli

A library for reading and writing the DWARF debugging format observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/gimli-rs/gimli · homepage · Rust · Apache-2.0 (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

75/100

  • Activity 95
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 3732
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 32
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1009 stars · 139 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

gimli is a Rust library for reading and writing the DWARF debugging format. It is zero-copy, lazy, and works with any object file format, usable even in no_std/embedded environments.

Use cases

  • parse DWARF debug info from binaries
  • write DWARF debugging sections
  • resolve addresses to source lines like addr2line
  • build a dwarfdump-style debug info dumper
  • convert or strip DWARF sections in a toolchain
  • parse .debug_line line number programs

When to choose

  • you need fast, zero-copy DWARF parsing in Rust
  • you're building debuggers, profilers, or symbolication tools
  • you need no_std support for embedded tooling
  • you want an object-file-format-agnostic DWARF reader/writer

When to avoid

  • you need a ready-made CLI like dwarfdump or addr2line rather than a library
  • you need to parse object files themselves (use the object crate alongside)
  • you work outside Rust and need bindings

Facets

library · maturity stable

parser developer-tools sdk developer-tools parsers cross-platform rust cross-platform embedded dwarf debug-info zero-copy elf eh-frame debugging-format no-std

10 sources

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
gimli-rs/gimlimain75

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