Decision Workspace
patharg vs clap-stdin vs clio
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
patharg
growingv0.4.1
Treat "-" (hyphen/dash) arguments as stdin/stdout
61
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
Core Metrics
| patharg | clap-stdin | clio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 61 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 53.7K | 674.7K | 1.3M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.1K | 73.5K | 108.0K |
| Dependents | 46 | 417 | 291 |
| Releases | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 346d ago | 86d ago | 894d ago |
| Age | 3y 1m | 3y 1m | 5y 10m |
Health Breakdown
patharg
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
clap-stdin
Maintenance
14
Quality
15
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
clio
Maintenance
7
Quality
15
Community
10
Popularity
7
Documentation
15
Technical Details
| patharg | clap-stdin | clio | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.1 | 0.8.1 | 0.3.5 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 15 | 11 | 13 |
| Crate Size | 20KB | 19KB | 26KB |
| Features | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2021 |
| MSRV | 1.78 | — | 1.63.0 |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Links
Quick Verdict
- •clap-stdin leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •clio has the most downloads (1.3M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •clap-stdin is depended on by 417 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ clio has not been updated in over a year.