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gumdrop

v0.8.1 Growing

Option parser with custom derive support

MIT/Apache-2.0 Edition 2018
#command-line#getopts#option#flag#args

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 4+ years
  • !Pre-1.0: API may have breaking changes
  • โœ“Trusted by 820 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (18KB, 2 deps)
  • โœ“Permissive license (MIT/Apache-2.0)

Security

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Downloads
6.1M
Dependents
820
Releases
9
Size
18KB

Deep Insights

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Strong growth momentum

220.9K downloads in the last 30 days (7.4K/day), up 26% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

820 crates depend on gumdrop. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Pre-1.0 for over a year

Despite being 8+ years old, gumdrop hasn't reached 1.0 yet. Expect potential API changes between versions.

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Minimal dependencies

Only 2 direct dependencies. Lean dependency tree means faster builds and lower supply chain risk.

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Compact crate

At 17KB, gumdrop is lightweight. Small crate size correlates with focused, well-scoped functionality.

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include cargo-lock, halo2_proofs, goose, inkwell, tendermint-light-client. When high-quality crates choose gumdrop, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 5/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 17/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

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
6K/day avg+29%
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Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v0.8.1
74%
v0.7.0
18%
v0.8.0
6%
v0.5.0
1%
v0.6.0
1%

Release Timeline

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Feature Flags

default_expr

README

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Maintainers

Dependencies
2
direct dependencies
Dependents
820
crates depend on gumdrop

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