Decision Workspace
exitfailure vs combu vs sarge
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
47
exitfailure
growingv0.5.1
A basic newtype wrappers for use with ? in main
63
combu
stablev1.6.0
Combu is a yet another mini cli framework.
61
sarge
stablev9.0.0
Zero-dependencies arguments parser.
Core Metrics
| exitfailure | combu | sarge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 47 | 63 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 630.0K | 119.6K | 33.2K |
| 30d Downloads | 12.8K | 174 | 270 |
| Dependents | 776 | 26 | 26 |
| Releases | 10 | 100 | 27 |
| Last Updated | 2793d ago | 83d ago | 102d ago |
| Age | 7y 10m | 6y | 3y 1m |
Health Breakdown
exitfailure
Maintenance
4
Quality
15
Community
13
Popularity
7
Documentation
8
combu
Maintenance
14
Quality
21
Community
9
Popularity
6
Documentation
13
sarge
Maintenance
14
Quality
23
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| exitfailure | combu | sarge | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.5.1 | 1.6.0 | 9.0.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT | MIT |
| Dependencies | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 11KB | 66KB | 22KB |
| Features | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 1.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | — | 2024 | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •combu leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •exitfailure has the most downloads (630.0K), suggesting wider adoption.
- •exitfailure is depended on by 776 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ exitfailure has not been updated in over a year.
- •exitfailure is pre-1.0 — API may change.