clap-cargo
v0.18.3 GrowingRe-usable CLI flags for `cargo` plugins
Quick Verdict
- !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
- ✓Massive adoption (1.6K crates depend on it)
- ✓Team maintained (2 owners)
- ✓Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)
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Deep Insights
914.1K downloads in the last 30 days (30.5K/day), up 13% from the previous period.
1.6K crates depend on clap-cargo. Strong ecosystem adoption means battle-tested code and long-term stability.
The primary maintainer publishes 138 crates. This suggests deep Rust expertise and long-term commitment to the ecosystem.
Despite being 7+ years old, clap-cargo hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.
At 14KB, clap-cargo is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.
Notable dependents include clap, cargo-binstall, cargo-edit, cargo-expand, tokei. When high-quality crates choose clap-cargo, it's a strong quality signal.
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Feature Flags
default =["clap"]
