Decision Workspace
clap-stdin vs clio vs patharg
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
64
clap-stdin
growingv0.8.1
Provides types for easily accepting Clap arguments from stdin and writing to stdout
54
clio
growingv0.3.5
A library for parsing CLI file names
50
patharg
growingv0.4.1
Treat "-" (hyphen/dash) arguments as stdin/stdout
Core Metrics
| clap-stdin | clio | patharg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 64 | 54 | 50 |
| Total Downloads | 533.5K | 1.1M | 49.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 60.8K | 94.1K | 2.4K |
| Dependents | 382 | 282 | 45 |
| Releases | 13 | 22 | 5 |
| Last Updated | 27d ago | 835d ago | 287d ago |
| Age | 2y 11m | 5y 8m | 2y 11m |
Health Breakdown
clap-stdin
Maintenance
17
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
clio
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
patharg
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| clap-stdin | clio | patharg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.8.1 | 0.3.5 | 0.4.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 11 | 13 | 15 |
| Crate Size | 19KB | 26KB | 20KB |
| Features | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | 1.63.0 | 1.78 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •clap-stdin leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •clio has the most downloads (1.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •clap-stdin is depended on by 382 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ clio has not been updated in over a year.