Decision Workspace
winsplit vs shell-words vs wild
Side-by-side comparison of Rust crates
46
winsplit
growingv0.1.0
Library to split string into command line arguments mirroring CommandLineToArgV with VC++ 2008 parsing rules
63
shell-words
stablev1.1.1
Process command line according to parsing rules of UNIX shell
61
wild
growingv2.2.1
Glob (wildcard) expanded command-line arguments on Windows
Core Metrics
| winsplit | shell-words | wild | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Score | 46 | 63 | 61 |
| Total Downloads | 871.9K | 82.8M | 9.6M |
| 30d Downloads | 196.6K | 7.6M | 800.9K |
| Dependents | 111 | 9.5K | 681 |
| Releases | 1 | 4 | 17 |
| Last Updated | 1331d ago | 107d ago | 790d ago |
| Age | 3y 7m | 8y | 8y 4m |
Health Breakdown
winsplit
Maintenance
1
Quality
17
Community
11
Popularity
7
Documentation
10
shell-words
Maintenance
12
Quality
23
Community
12
Popularity
8
Documentation
8
wild
Maintenance
4
Quality
17
Community
19
Popularity
8
Documentation
13
Technical Details
| winsplit | shell-words | wild | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version | 0.1.0 | 1.1.1 | 2.2.1 |
| Stable (≥1.0) | ✗ No | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| License | MIT OR Apache-2.0 | MIT/Apache-2.0 | Apache-2.0 OR MIT |
| Dependencies | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Crate Size | 7KB | 10KB | 8KB |
| Features | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Yanked % | 0.0% | 0.0% | 17.6% |
| Edition | 2021 | — | 2021 |
| MSRV | — | — | — |
| Owners | 1 | 1 | 2 (team) |
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Quick Verdict
- •shell-words leads with a health score of 63/100, but none of the options score above 80.
- •shell-words is depended on by 9.5K crates — strongest ecosystem trust.
- •⚠ winsplit, wild have not been updated in over a year.
- •winsplit is pre-1.0 — API may change.