Decision Workspace
crap vs vld-clap vs palc
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
36
crap
experimentalv0.1.0
crap: The better clap
49
vld-clap
experimentalv0.3.0
Clap integration for the vld validation library — validate CLI arguments after parsing
47
palc
experimentalv0.0.2
WIP: Command Line Argument Parser with several opposite design goal from Clap
Core Metrics
| crap | vld-clap | palc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 36 | 49 | 47 |
| Total Downloads | 486 | 46 | 5.4K |
| 30d Downloads | 3 | 35 | 536 |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Releases | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Last Updated | 280d ago | 7d ago | 192d ago |
| Age | 9m | 1m | 9m |
Health Breakdown
crap
Maintenance
3
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
10
vld-clap
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
palc
Maintenance
9
Quality
15
Community
7
Popularity
4
Documentation
12
Technical Details
| crap | vld-clap | palc | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.0.2 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 |
| Dependencies | 0 | 5 | 7 |
| Crate Size | 1KB | 7KB | 39KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | 1.87 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •vld-clap leads with a health score of 49/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •palc has the most downloads (5.4K), suggesting wider adoption.