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clap-cargo

v0.18.3 Growing

Re-usable CLI flags for `cargo` plugins

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021 MSRV 1.86

Quick Verdict

  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.4K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Team maintained (2 owners)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
8.2M
Dependents
1.4K
Releases
31
Size
15KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

784.4K downloads in the last 30 days (26.1K/day), up 23% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

1.4K crates depend on clap-cargo. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.

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Prolific maintainer

The primary maintainer publishes 138 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 6+ years old, clap-cargo hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Compact crate

At 14KB, clap-cargo is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include clap, cargo-binstall, cargo-edit, cargo-expand, tokei. When high-quality crates choose clap-cargo, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 12/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 16/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 18/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 12/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
21K/day avg+56%
010K20K30K12/291/162/32/213/113/28

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.15.2
37%
v0.14.1
24%
v0.12.0
24%
v0.18.3
9%
v0.16.0
6%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default =["clap"]

clap*cargo_metadatatesting_colors

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
6
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.4K
crates depend on clap-cargo

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