ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace
A C library that may be linked into a C/C++ program to produce symbolic backtraces observed · 2026-09-01
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 100
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases no_license
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: 3644
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1197 stars · 267 forks observed · 2026-09-01
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A C library that can be linked into C/C++ programs to produce symbolic backtraces, supporting ELF, PE/COFF, Mach-O, and XCOFF executables with DWARF debug info. Functions are largely async-signal-safe, making it suitable for crash handlers and profilers.
Use cases
- print a detailed symbolic backtrace when an error occurs
- collect stack traces for profiling information
- capture backtraces from within a signal handler
- debug crashes in C/C++ applications
- add stack trace reporting to a custom error handling system
When to choose
- you need symbolic backtraces in a C/C++ program without a heavyweight dependency
- you need async-signal-safe stack trace capture for crash reporting
- you target multiple platforms including Linux, macOS, Windows, and AIX
When to avoid
- you only need backtraces in managed languages with built-in stack traces
- your platform or object file format is unsupported
- you want a maintained higher-level crash reporting service instead of a low-level library
Facets
library · maturity stable
error-handling developer-tools developer-tools performance windows bsd cross-platform cpp c backtrace dwarf stack-trace signal-safe profiling debugging linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace · fetched 2026-09-01 · 2d8d758b74a0
Member repositories
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| ianlancetaylor/libbacktrace | main | 77 |
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