Decision Workspace
clioptions vs cl_parse vs argh
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
37
clioptions
growingv0.1.0
A very thin wrapper for command line arguments in Rust.
53
cl_parse
growingv0.3.2
A library for defining and parsing commandline options and arguments
67
argh
growingv0.1.19
Derive-based argument parsing optimized for code size
Core Metrics
| clioptions | cl_parse | argh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 37 | 53 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 8.5K | 6.0K | 11.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 133 | 15 | 621.9K |
| Dependents | 2 | 0 | 3.7K |
| Releases | 1 | 12 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 3459d ago | 99d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 9y 5m | 1y 9m | 6y 9m |
Health Breakdown
clioptions
Maintenance
1
Quality
16
Community
4
Popularity
5
Documentation
11
cl_parse
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
13
argh
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| clioptions | cl_parse | argh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.3.2 | 0.1.19 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 2KB | 14KB | 32KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Quick Verdict
- •argh leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •argh is depended on by 3.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ clioptions has not been updated in over a year.