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clap-markdown

v0.1.5 Growing

Autogenerate Markdown documentation for clap command-line tools

MIT OR Apache-2.0 Edition 2021

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 1+ year
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Massive adoption (1.4K crates depend on it)
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (15KB, 3 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT OR Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
2.6M
Dependents
1.4K
Releases
7
Size
15KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

318.6K downloads in the last 30 days (10.6K/day), up 49% from the previous period.

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Widely adopted

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

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Single maintainer risk

clap-markdown has only 1 owner despite 1.4K dependents. This is a bus-factor concern โ€” consider the implications for long-term support.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 3+ years old, clap-markdown hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 3 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cargo-binstall, wash-cli, jj-cli, complate, unleash-edge. When high-quality crates choose clap-markdown, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 15/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 15/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 8/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
8K/day avg+80%
05K10K15K2/263/164/34/215/95/26

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.1.5
62%
v0.1.4
32%
v0.1.3
6%
v0.1.2
0%
v0.1.1
0%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
3
direct dependencies
Dependents
1.4K
crates depend on clap-markdown

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