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
64
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 | 64 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 49.0K | 533.5K | 1.1M |
| 30d Downloads | 2.5K | 62.7K | 98.8K |
| Dependents | 45 | 382 | 282 |
| Releases | 5 | 13 | 22 |
| Last Updated | 287d ago | 27d ago | 835d ago |
| Age | 2y 11m | 2y 11m | 5y 8m |
Health Breakdown
patharg
Maintenance
6
Quality
15
Community
11
Popularity
6
Documentation
12
clap-stdin
Maintenance
17
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 |
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Quick Verdict
- •clap-stdin leads with a health score of 64/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •clio has the most downloads (1.1M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •clap-stdin is depended on by 382 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ clio has not been updated in over a year.