clap
v4.6.0 StableA simple to use, efficient, and full-featured Command Line Argument Parser
Quick Verdict
- ✓Actively maintained (updated 15d ago)
- ✓Stable API (4.x for 11+ years)
- ✓Massive adoption (312.6K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (3 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
Security
Deep Insights
51.2M downloads in the last 30 days (1.7M/day), up 16% from the previous period.
312.6K crates depend on clap — it's part of the Rust ecosystem's core infrastructure. Removing it from your dependency tree would be extremely difficult.
This crate is maintained by a team (3 owners), reducing bus-factor risk and ensuring continuity.
The API has been stable (1.x) for over 11 years with 455 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.
20% of releases have been yanked. Check version history before pinning.
Notable dependents include base64, addr2line, bindgen, zstd, criterion. When high-quality crates choose clap, it's a strong quality signal.
Health Breakdown
Recency, release consistency, active ratio
Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features
Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem
Downloads, momentum, growth trend
Docs, repo, license, metadata
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Top Dependents
Most downloaded crates that depend on clap
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Release Timeline
Feature Flags
default =["std", "color", "help", "usage", "error-context", "suggestions"]
