# microsoft/plcrashreporter

Reliable, open-source crash reporting for iOS, macOS and tvOS

Repository: https://github.com/microsoft/plcrashreporter
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/plcrashreporter
Language: Objective-C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: crash-reporting, ios, macos
Last push: 2026-02-25T12:46:18+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 62/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 69, release rhythm 32, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4791, "days_push": 189, "days_rel": 294, "gap_med": 136.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3066, forks 562 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:41.393234+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: monitoring, error-handling, logging
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, apple-ecosystem
- platform: cpp
- tags: crash-reporting, objective-c, tvos, stack-traces, apple-platforms, ios, macos, swift

## Member repositories
- microsoft/plcrashreporter (main) score 62

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.393234+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:28:11.915161+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/microsoft/plcrashreporter (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:41.393234+00:00, sha d0dc119579c3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.