Decision Workspace
shift vs vld-clap vs argh
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
shift
experimentalv0.3.0
A command-line argument parser
49
vld-clap
experimentalv0.3.0
Clap integration for the vld validation library — validate CLI arguments after parsing
67
argh
growingv0.1.19
Derive-based argument parsing optimized for code size
Core Metrics
| shift | vld-clap | argh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 49 | 67 |
| Total Downloads | 996 | 46 | 11.8M |
| 30d Downloads | 6 | 35 | 643.5K |
| Dependents | 0 | 0 | 3.7K |
| Releases | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| Last Updated | 163d ago | 7d ago | 11d ago |
| Age | 8m | 1m | 6y 9m |
Health Breakdown
shift
Maintenance
12
Quality
15
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
vld-clap
Maintenance
13
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
argh
Maintenance
16
Quality
16
Community
18
Popularity
8
Documentation
9
Technical Details
| shift | vld-clap | argh | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.3.0 | 0.3.0 | 0.1.19 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✗ No | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT | BSD-3-Clause |
| Dependencies | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Crate Size | 5KB | 7KB | 32KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2024 | 2021 | 2018 |
| MSRV | — | 1.70 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 6 |
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Quick Verdict
- •argh leads with a health score of 67/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •argh is depended on by 3.7K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.