Decision Workspace
cortenforge-cli-support vs bpaf vs argh
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
59
cortenforge-cli-support
experimentalv0.6.0
Shared CLI argument helpers for CortenForge tools and apps (capture, warehouse, seeds, thresholds).
67
bpaf
growingv0.9.26
A simple Command Line Argument Parser with parser combinators
64
argh
growingv0.1.19
Derive-based argument parsing optimized for code size
Core Metrics
| cortenforge-cli-support | bpaf | argh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 59 | 67 | 64 |
| Total Downloads | 361 | 5.8M | 12.9M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 477.7K | 617.2K |
| Dependents | 22 | 1.2K | 3.9K |
| Releases | 14 | 68 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 132d ago | 12d ago | 70d ago |
| Age | 4m | 4y 2m | 6y 11m |
Health Breakdown
cortenforge-cli-support
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
9
Popularity
3
Documentation
15
bpaf
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
13
Popularity
8
Documentation
12
argh
Maintenance
13
Quality
16
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| cortenforge-cli-support | bpaf | argh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.0 | 0.9.26 | 0.1.19 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 13KB | 181KB | 32KB |
| Features | 2 | 9 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.5% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | 1.75 | 1.68 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Quick Verdict
- •bpaf leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •argh has the most downloads (12.9M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •argh is depended on by 3.9K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.