diff --git a/include/cpptrace/cpptrace.hpp b/include/cpptrace/cpptrace.hpp
index 681d105..ce35914 100644
--- a/include/cpptrace/cpptrace.hpp
+++ b/include/cpptrace/cpptrace.hpp
@@ -22,8 +22,10 @@ namespace cpptrace {
     struct object_trace;
     struct stacktrace;
 
+    using frame_ptr = std::uintptr_t;
+
     struct CPPTRACE_EXPORT raw_trace {
-        std::vector<std::uintptr_t> frames;
+        std::vector<frame_ptr> frames;
         static raw_trace current(std::uint_least32_t skip = 0);
         static raw_trace current(std::uint_least32_t skip, std::uint_least32_t max_depth);
         object_trace resolve_object_trace() const;
@@ -31,8 +33,8 @@ namespace cpptrace {
         void clear();
         bool empty() const noexcept;
 
-        using iterator = std::vector<std::uintptr_t>::iterator;
-        using const_iterator = std::vector<std::uintptr_t>::const_iterator;
+        using iterator = std::vector<frame_ptr>::iterator;
+        using const_iterator = std::vector<frame_ptr>::const_iterator;
         inline iterator begin() noexcept { return frames.begin(); }
         inline iterator end() noexcept { return frames.end(); }
         inline const_iterator begin() const noexcept { return frames.begin(); }
@@ -44,8 +46,8 @@ namespace cpptrace {
     struct CPPTRACE_EXPORT object_frame {
         std::string obj_path;
         std::string symbol;
-        std::uintptr_t raw_address = 0;
-        std::uintptr_t obj_address = 0;
+        frame_ptr raw_address = 0;
+        frame_ptr obj_address = 0;
     };
 
     struct CPPTRACE_EXPORT object_trace {
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ namespace cpptrace {
     };
 
     struct CPPTRACE_EXPORT stacktrace_frame {
-        std::uintptr_t address;
+        frame_ptr address;
         std::uint_least32_t line; // TODO: This should use UINT_LEAST32_MAX as a sentinel
         std::uint_least32_t column; // UINT_LEAST32_MAX if not present
         std::string filename;
diff --git a/src/cpptrace.cpp b/src/cpptrace.cpp
index bdf113e..c0634c6 100644
--- a/src/cpptrace.cpp
+++ b/src/cpptrace.cpp
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ namespace cpptrace {
         stream
             << std::hex
             << "0x"
-            << std::setw(2 * sizeof(std::uintptr_t))
+            << std::setw(2 * sizeof(frame_ptr))
             << std::setfill('0')
             << frame.address
             << std::dec
@@ -178,14 +178,14 @@ namespace cpptrace {
                 << " ";
             if(frame.is_inline) {
                 stream
-                    << std::setw(2 * sizeof(std::uintptr_t) + 2)
+                    << std::setw(2 * sizeof(frame_ptr) + 2)
                     << "(inlined)";
             } else {
                 stream
                     << std::hex
                     << blue
                     << "0x"
-                    << std::setw(2 * sizeof(std::uintptr_t))
+                    << std::setw(2 * sizeof(frame_ptr))
                     << std::setfill('0')
                     << frame.address
                     << std::dec
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ namespace cpptrace {
     CPPTRACE_FORCE_NO_INLINE
     stacktrace generate_trace(std::uint32_t skip, std::uint_least32_t max_depth) {
         try {
-            std::vector<std::uintptr_t> frames = detail::capture_frames(skip + 1, max_depth);
+            std::vector<frame_ptr> frames = detail::capture_frames(skip + 1, max_depth);
             std::vector<stacktrace_frame> trace = detail::resolve_frames(frames);
             for(auto& frame : trace) {
                 frame.symbol = detail::demangle(frame.symbol);
diff --git a/src/platform/object.hpp b/src/platform/object.hpp
index 97d1a55..aaec42d 100644
--- a/src/platform/object.hpp
+++ b/src/platform/object.hpp
@@ -62,11 +62,11 @@ namespace detail {
     }
     #endif
     // aladdr queries are needed to get pre-ASLR addresses and targets to run addr2line on
-    inline std::vector<object_frame> get_frames_object_info(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& addrs) {
+    inline std::vector<object_frame> get_frames_object_info(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& addrs) {
         // reference: https://github.com/bminor/glibc/blob/master/debug/backtracesyms.c
         std::vector<object_frame> frames;
         frames.reserve(addrs.size());
-        for(const std::uintptr_t addr : addrs) {
+        for(const frame_ptr addr : addrs) {
             Dl_info info;
             object_frame frame;
             frame.raw_address = addr;
@@ -122,11 +122,11 @@ namespace detail {
     }
 
     // aladdr queries are needed to get pre-ASLR addresses and targets to run addr2line on
-    inline std::vector<object_frame> get_frames_object_info(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& addrs) {
+    inline std::vector<object_frame> get_frames_object_info(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& addrs) {
         // reference: https://github.com/bminor/glibc/blob/master/debug/backtracesyms.c
         std::vector<object_frame> frames;
         frames.reserve(addrs.size());
-        for(const std::uintptr_t addr : addrs) {
+        for(const frame_ptr addr : addrs) {
             object_frame frame;
             frame.raw_address = addr;
             HMODULE handle;
diff --git a/src/platform/utils.hpp b/src/platform/utils.hpp
index 1760ac8..5097d8f 100644
--- a/src/platform/utils.hpp
+++ b/src/platform/utils.hpp
@@ -352,8 +352,8 @@ namespace detail {
         return static_cast<unsigned long long>(t);
     }
     template<typename T>
-    std::uintptr_t to_uintptr(T t) {
-        return static_cast<std::uintptr_t>(t);
+    frame_ptr to_frame_ptr(T t) {
+        return static_cast<frame_ptr>(t);
     }
 
     // A way to cast to U without "warning: useless cast to type"
diff --git a/src/symbols/symbols.hpp b/src/symbols/symbols.hpp
index 3a4060d..a8f69e6 100644
--- a/src/symbols/symbols.hpp
+++ b/src/symbols/symbols.hpp
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ namespace detail {
 
     #ifdef CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_LIBBACKTRACE
     namespace libbacktrace {
-        std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames);
+        std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames);
     }
     #endif
     #ifdef CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_LIBDWARF
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ namespace detail {
     #endif
     #ifdef CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_LIBDL
     namespace libdl {
-        std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames);
+        std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames);
     }
     #endif
     #ifdef CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_ADDR2LINE
@@ -52,18 +52,18 @@ namespace detail {
     #endif
     #ifdef CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_DBGHELP
     namespace dbghelp {
-        std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames);
+        std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames);
     }
     #endif
     #ifdef CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_NOTHING
     namespace nothing {
         std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<object_frame>& frames);
-        std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames);
+        std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames);
     }
     #endif
 
     std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<object_frame>& frames);
-    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames);
+    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames);
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/symbols/symbols_core.cpp b/src/symbols/symbols_core.cpp
index 14fd19c..38ba921 100644
--- a/src/symbols/symbols_core.cpp
+++ b/src/symbols/symbols_core.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ namespace detail {
             || defined(CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_DBGHELP) \
             || defined(CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_LIBBACKTRACE)
          // actually need to go backwards to a void*
-         std::vector<std::uintptr_t> raw_frames(frames.size());
+         std::vector<frame_ptr> raw_frames(frames.size());
          for(std::size_t i = 0; i < frames.size(); i++) {
              raw_frames[i] = frames[i].raw_address;
          }
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ namespace detail {
         return trace;
     }
 
-    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames) {
+    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames) {
         #if defined(CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_LIBDWARF) \
             || defined(CPPTRACE_GET_SYMBOLS_WITH_ADDR2LINE)
          auto dlframes = get_frames_object_info(frames);
diff --git a/src/symbols/symbols_with_dbghelp.cpp b/src/symbols/symbols_with_dbghelp.cpp
index e5f93b0..c4b26a0 100644
--- a/src/symbols/symbols_with_dbghelp.cpp
+++ b/src/symbols/symbols_with_dbghelp.cpp
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@ namespace dbghelp {
     std::recursive_mutex dbghelp_lock;
 
     // TODO: Handle backtrace_pcinfo calling the callback multiple times on inlined functions
-    stacktrace_frame resolve_frame(HANDLE proc, std::uintptr_t addr) {
+    stacktrace_frame resolve_frame(HANDLE proc, frame_ptr addr) {
         const std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(dbghelp_lock); // all dbghelp functions are not thread safe
         alignas(SYMBOL_INFO) char buffer[sizeof(SYMBOL_INFO) + MAX_SYM_NAME * sizeof(TCHAR)];
         SYMBOL_INFO* symbol = (SYMBOL_INFO*)buffer;
@@ -390,7 +390,7 @@ namespace dbghelp {
         }
     }
 
-    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames) {
+    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames) {
         const std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lock(dbghelp_lock); // all dbghelp functions are not thread safe
         std::vector<stacktrace_frame> trace;
         trace.reserve(frames.size());
diff --git a/src/symbols/symbols_with_dl.cpp b/src/symbols/symbols_with_dl.cpp
index 3de3a2c..11578c1 100644
--- a/src/symbols/symbols_with_dl.cpp
+++ b/src/symbols/symbols_with_dl.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 namespace cpptrace {
 namespace detail {
 namespace libdl {
-    stacktrace_frame resolve_frame(const std::uintptr_t addr) {
+    stacktrace_frame resolve_frame(const frame_ptr addr) {
         Dl_info info;
         if(dladdr(reinterpret_cast<void*>(addr), &info)) { // thread-safe
             return {
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ namespace libdl {
         }
     }
 
-    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames) {
+    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames) {
         std::vector<stacktrace_frame> trace;
         trace.reserve(frames.size());
         for(const auto frame : frames) {
diff --git a/src/symbols/symbols_with_libbacktrace.cpp b/src/symbols/symbols_with_libbacktrace.cpp
index cc9c8af..6732ec1 100644
--- a/src/symbols/symbols_with_libbacktrace.cpp
+++ b/src/symbols/symbols_with_libbacktrace.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace libbacktrace {
     }
 
     // TODO: Handle backtrace_pcinfo calling the callback multiple times on inlined functions
-    stacktrace_frame resolve_frame(const std::uintptr_t addr) {
+    stacktrace_frame resolve_frame(const frame_ptr addr) {
         try {
             stacktrace_frame frame;
             frame.column = UINT_LEAST32_MAX;
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace libbacktrace {
         }
     }
 
-    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames) {
+    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames) {
         std::vector<stacktrace_frame> trace;
         trace.reserve(frames.size());
         for(const auto frame : frames) {
diff --git a/src/symbols/symbols_with_nothing.cpp b/src/symbols/symbols_with_nothing.cpp
index 9d85085..f2d7741 100644
--- a/src/symbols/symbols_with_nothing.cpp
+++ b/src/symbols/symbols_with_nothing.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 namespace cpptrace {
 namespace detail {
 namespace nothing {
-    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& frames) {
+    std::vector<stacktrace_frame> resolve_frames(const std::vector<frame_ptr>& frames) {
         return std::vector<stacktrace_frame>(frames.size(), null_frame);
     }
 
diff --git a/src/unwind/unwind.hpp b/src/unwind/unwind.hpp
index 404901c..f42588c 100644
--- a/src/unwind/unwind.hpp
+++ b/src/unwind/unwind.hpp
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ namespace detail {
     constexpr std::size_t hard_max_frames = 100;
     #endif
     CPPTRACE_FORCE_NO_INLINE
-    std::vector<std::uintptr_t> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth);
+    std::vector<frame_ptr> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth);
 }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/unwind/unwind_with_dbghelp.cpp b/src/unwind/unwind_with_dbghelp.cpp
index 9aa9388..4e912c9 100644
--- a/src/unwind/unwind_with_dbghelp.cpp
+++ b/src/unwind/unwind_with_dbghelp.cpp
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ namespace detail {
     #pragma warning(disable: 4740) // warning C4740: flow in or out of inline asm code suppresses global optimization
     #endif
     CPPTRACE_FORCE_NO_INLINE
-    std::vector<std::uintptr_t> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth) {
+    std::vector<frame_ptr> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth) {
         skip++;
         // https://jpassing.com/2008/03/12/walking-the-stack-of-the-current-thread/
 
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ namespace detail {
         #error "Cpptrace: StackWalk64 not supported for this platform yet"
         #endif
 
-        std::vector<std::uintptr_t> trace;
+        std::vector<frame_ptr> trace;
 
         // Dbghelp is is single-threaded, so acquire a lock.
         static std::mutex mutex;
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ namespace detail {
                     // On x86/x64/arm, as far as I can tell, the frame return address is always one after the call
                     // So we just decrement to get the pc back inside the `call` / `bl`
                     // This is done with _Unwind too but conditionally based on info from _Unwind_GetIPInfo.
-                    trace.push_back(to_uintptr(frame.AddrPC.Offset) - 1);
+                    trace.push_back(to_frame_ptr(frame.AddrPC.Offset) - 1);
                 }
             } else {
                 // base
diff --git a/src/unwind/unwind_with_execinfo.cpp b/src/unwind/unwind_with_execinfo.cpp
index db3b774..3f4c2fa 100644
--- a/src/unwind/unwind_with_execinfo.cpp
+++ b/src/unwind/unwind_with_execinfo.cpp
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@
 namespace cpptrace {
 namespace detail {
     CPPTRACE_FORCE_NO_INLINE
-    std::vector<std::uintptr_t> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth) {
+    std::vector<frame_ptr> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth) {
         skip++;
         std::vector<void*> addrs(std::min(hard_max_frames, skip + max_depth), nullptr);
         const int n_frames = backtrace(addrs.data(), static_cast<int>(addrs.size())); // thread safe
         // I hate the copy here but it's the only way that isn't UB
-        std::vector<std::uintptr_t> frames(n_frames - skip, 0);
+        std::vector<frame_ptr> frames(n_frames - skip, 0);
         for(int i = skip; i < n_frames; i++) {
             // On x86/x64/arm, as far as I can tell, the frame return address is always one after the call
             // So we just decrement to get the pc back inside the `call` / `bl`
             // This is done with _Unwind too but conditionally based on info from _Unwind_GetIPInfo.
-            frames[i - skip] = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(addrs[i]) - 1;
+            frames[i - skip] = reinterpret_cast<frame_ptr>(addrs[i]) - 1;
         }
         return frames;
     }
diff --git a/src/unwind/unwind_with_nothing.cpp b/src/unwind/unwind_with_nothing.cpp
index 0768763..55ebf27 100644
--- a/src/unwind/unwind_with_nothing.cpp
+++ b/src/unwind/unwind_with_nothing.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 namespace cpptrace {
 namespace detail {
-    std::vector<std::uintptr_t> capture_frames(std::size_t, std::size_t) {
+    std::vector<frame_ptr> capture_frames(std::size_t, std::size_t) {
         return {};
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/unwind/unwind_with_unwind.cpp b/src/unwind/unwind_with_unwind.cpp
index 3d308ca..a38a342 100644
--- a/src/unwind/unwind_with_unwind.cpp
+++ b/src/unwind/unwind_with_unwind.cpp
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ namespace detail {
     struct unwind_state {
         std::size_t skip;
         std::size_t count;
-        std::vector<std::uintptr_t>& vec;
+        std::vector<frame_ptr>& vec;
     };
 
     _Unwind_Reason_Code unwind_callback(_Unwind_Context* context, void* arg) {
         unwind_state& state = *static_cast<unwind_state*>(arg);
         if(state.skip) {
             state.skip--;
-            if(_Unwind_GetIP(context) == std::uintptr_t(0)) {
+            if(_Unwind_GetIP(context) == frame_ptr(0)) {
                 return _URC_END_OF_STACK;
             } else {
                 return _URC_NO_REASON;
@@ -36,11 +36,11 @@ namespace detail {
             "Somehow cpptrace::detail::unwind_callback is overflowing a vector"
         );
         int is_before_instruction = 0;
-        std::uintptr_t ip = _Unwind_GetIPInfo(context, &is_before_instruction);
-        if(!is_before_instruction && ip != std::uintptr_t(0)) {
+        frame_ptr ip = _Unwind_GetIPInfo(context, &is_before_instruction);
+        if(!is_before_instruction && ip != frame_ptr(0)) {
             ip--;
         }
-        if (ip == std::uintptr_t(0)) {
+        if (ip == frame_ptr(0)) {
             return _URC_END_OF_STACK;
         } else {
             // TODO: push_back?...
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ namespace detail {
     }
 
     CPPTRACE_FORCE_NO_INLINE
-    std::vector<std::uintptr_t> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth) {
-        std::vector<std::uintptr_t> frames(std::min(hard_max_frames, max_depth), 0);
+    std::vector<frame_ptr> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth) {
+        std::vector<frame_ptr> frames(std::min(hard_max_frames, max_depth), 0);
         unwind_state state{skip + 1, 0, frames};
         _Unwind_Backtrace(unwind_callback, &state); // presumably thread-safe
         frames.resize(state.count);
diff --git a/src/unwind/unwind_with_winapi.cpp b/src/unwind/unwind_with_winapi.cpp
index 9de15f0..42e3a3e 100644
--- a/src/unwind/unwind_with_winapi.cpp
+++ b/src/unwind/unwind_with_winapi.cpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@
 namespace cpptrace {
 namespace detail {
     CPPTRACE_FORCE_NO_INLINE
-    std::vector<std::uintptr_t> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth) {
+    std::vector<frame_ptr> capture_frames(std::size_t skip, std::size_t max_depth) {
         std::vector<void*> addrs(std::min(hard_max_frames, max_depth), nullptr);
         int n_frames = CaptureStackBackTrace(
             static_cast<ULONG>(skip + 1),
@@ -28,12 +28,12 @@ namespace detail {
             NULL
         );
         // I hate the copy here but it's the only way that isn't UB
-        std::vector<std::uintptr_t> frames(n_frames, 0);
+        std::vector<frame_ptr> frames(n_frames, 0);
         for(std::size_t i = 0; i < n_frames; i++) {
             // On x86/x64/arm, as far as I can tell, the frame return address is always one after the call
             // So we just decrement to get the pc back inside the `call` / `bl`
             // This is done with _Unwind too but conditionally based on info from _Unwind_GetIPInfo.
-            frames[i] = reinterpret_cast<std::uintptr_t>(addrs[i]) - 1;
+            frames[i] = reinterpret_cast<frame_ptr>(addrs[i]) - 1;
         }
         return frames;
     }