Decision Workspace
vld-clap vs clap-sort vs shift
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
53
vld-clap
experimentalv0.4.0
Clap integration for the vld validation library — validate CLI arguments after parsing
68
clap-sort
growingv1.0.3
Validate that clap Subcommand enums are sorted alphabetically
43
shift
growingv0.3.0
A command-line argument parser
Core Metrics
| vld-clap | clap-sort | shift | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 53 | 68 | 43 |
| Total Downloads | 84 | 57.2K | 1.0K |
| 30d Downloads | 0 | 6.0K | 0 |
| Dependents | 0 | 262 | 0 |
| Releases | 5 | 8 | 3 |
| Last Updated | 11d ago | 252d ago | 271d ago |
| Age | 5m | 8m | 1y |
Health Breakdown
vld-clap
Maintenance
17
Quality
13
Community
6
Popularity
2
Documentation
15
clap-sort
Maintenance
16
Quality
18
Community
13
Popularity
6
Documentation
15
shift
Maintenance
8
Quality
16
Community
5
Popularity
4
Documentation
10
Technical Details
| vld-clap | clap-sort | shift | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.4.0 | 1.0.3 | 0.3.0 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✗ No |
| License | MIT | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Dependencies | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 8KB | 5KB |
| Features | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| Edition | 2021 | 2024 | 2024 |
| MSRV | 1.70 | 1.88 | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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Quick Verdict
- •clap-sort leads with a health score of 68/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •clap-sort is depended on by 262 crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •vld-clap, shift are pre-1.0 — API may change.