{"categories":[{"label":"Utilities","url":"https://skillfed.io/packages/category/utilities/6"}],"enrichment":{"capability":"Parses Apple crash reports (iOS, macOS) into a readable format, extracting exception type, registers, and stack frames while filtering out noise like thread listings and loaded images.","skillfed_tags":["crash-analysis","apple-debugging"],"use_cases":["Quickly review iOS app crashes from TestFlight or App Store Connect without opening Xcode","Automate crash report triage in CI/CD pipelines by parsing .ips files to extract key failure data","Archive and search crash reports in a normalized, human-readable format for post-mortem analysis","Extract register state and stack frames from macOS kernel panics for debugging system-level issues"],"what_it_does":"pycrashreport is a command-line tool that transforms Apple crash reports (.ips files) from iOS and macOS into a cleaner, more readable format. It extracts the essential debugging information\u2014exception type, exception subtype, CPU registers, and stack frames\u2014while stripping away the verbose metadata like thread listings and loaded image tables that clutter the original reports. The tool is built on typer for CLI handling and supports both user-mode and kernel-mode crashes; other crash types are parsed for basic metadata only.\n\nThe package is intended for developers and QA engineers who need to quickly understand what went wrong in a crash without wading through Apple's default verbose output. It runs as a standalone command-line utility and is actively maintained with support for modern Python versions (3.9 through 3.14).","worth_installing":"Yes, if you regularly work with Apple crash reports and want a lightweight, GPL-compatible tool to parse them. The low install friction, active maintenance, and lack of known vulnerabilities make it safe to adopt. The copyleft license is a blocker only if you need to embed it in proprietary closed-source software."},"id":"pycrashreport","links":{"html":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pycrashreport","md":"https://skillfed.io/packages/pycrashreport.md","pypi":"https://pypi.org/project/pycrashreport/"},"maintenance":{"status":"active"},"meta":{"latest_release":"2026-03-30","license_spdx":null,"license_treatment":"copyleft","name":"pycrashreport","python_support":"supports_current","summary":"Pure python3 for parsing Apple's crash reports"},"popularity":{"monthly_downloads":317802,"position":7658,"tier":"top_15000"},"security":{"n_vulnerabilities":0},"version":"2.0.0"}