Decision Workspace
scalp vs cliclack vs falcon-cli
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
scalp
growingv0.4.3
A declarative parsing library for pretty and highly customizable command-line interfaces.
61
cliclack
growingv0.5.2
Beautiful, minimal, opinionated CLI prompts inspired by the Clack NPM package.
54
falcon-cli
growingv0.2.3
Efficiently develop fully featured CLI apps.
Core Metrics
| scalp | cliclack | falcon-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 61 | 54 |
| Total Downloads | 16.4K | 1.6M | 13.1K |
| 30d Downloads | 17 | 271.7K | 47 |
| Dependents | 0 | 381 | 2 |
| Releases | 13 | 35 | 14 |
| Last Updated | 726d ago | 5d ago | today |
| Age | 2y 1m | 2y 8m | 2y 5m |
Health Breakdown
scalp
Maintenance
7
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
15
cliclack
Maintenance
19
Quality
10
Community
12
Popularity
7
Documentation
13
falcon-cli
Maintenance
18
Quality
15
Community
6
Popularity
5
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| scalp | cliclack | falcon-cli | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.3 | 0.5.2 | 0.2.3 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Crate Size | 130KB | 37KB | 32KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 5.7% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2021 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.70.0 | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •cliclack leads with a health score of 61/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •cliclack is depended on by 381 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ scalp has not been updated in over a year.