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microsoft/plcrashreporter

Reliable, open-source crash reporting for iOS, macOS and tvOS observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/microsoft/plcrashreporter · Objective-C · NOASSERTION (other) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

62/100

  • Activity 69
  • Release rhythm 32
  • Longevity 100

Flags: 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: 136.0
  • age_days: 4791
  • days_rel: 294
  • days_push: 189
  • n_releases_24m: 3

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

3066 stars · 562 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

PLCrashReporter is an open-source in-process crash reporting library for iOS, macOS, and tvOS written in Objective-C. It detects crashes and generates detailed reports including stack traces, register state, and backtraces for all active threads.

Use cases

  • capture crash reports in an iOS app
  • collect stack traces when my macOS app crashes
  • debug unexplained crashes on tvOS
  • get backtraces for all threads on crash
  • generate crash reports without private APIs
  • symbolicate crash reports for iOS

When to choose

  • you need reliable, battle-tested crash reporting on Apple platforms using only public APIs
  • you want accurate stack unwinding via DWARF and Apple Compact Unwind data
  • you need a library that doesn't interfere with lldb/gdb debugging

When to avoid

  • you need crash reporting for Android or Windows
  • you want a hosted crash analytics service out of the box (use App Center or similar)
  • your minimum deployment target is below iOS 12 / macOS 11.5

Facets

library · maturity stable

monitoring error-handling logging mobile-development developer-tools apple-ecosystem cpp crash-reporting objective-c tvos stack-traces apple-platforms ios macos swift

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
microsoft/plcrashreportermain62

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