Decision Workspace
pound vs figue-attrs vs argh
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
50
pound
experimentalv0.1.6
low footprint, derive-first CLI parser
65
figue-attrs
experimentalv4.0.5
Attribute macros for figue CLI argument parsing
63
argh
growingv0.1.19
Derive-based argument parsing optimized for code size
Core Metrics
| pound | figue-attrs | argh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 50 | 65 | 63 |
| Total Downloads | 146 | 15.6K | 13.4M |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 5.0K | 650.0K |
| Dependents | 0 | 20 | 4.1K |
| Releases | 6 | 18 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 12d ago | 6d ago | 91d ago |
| Age | 14d | 4m | 6y 12m |
Health Breakdown
pound
Maintenance
18
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
3
Documentation
8
figue-attrs
Maintenance
19
Quality
17
Community
9
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
argh
Maintenance
12
Quality
16
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| pound | figue-attrs | argh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.6 | 4.0.5 | 0.1.19 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | EUPL-1.2 | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 33KB | 6KB | 32KB |
| Features | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2024 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.90.0 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Quick Verdict
- •figue-attrs leads with a health score of 65/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •argh has the most downloads (13.4M), suggesting wider adoption.
- •argh is depended on by 4.1K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •pound, argh are pre-1.0 — API may change.