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seahorse

v2.2.0 Growing

A minimal CLI framework written in Rust

non-standard Edition 2018
Command-line interface #parser#argument#cli#parse#arg

Quick Verdict

  • โœ•Not updated for 2+ years
  • โœ“Stable API (2.x for 6+ years)
  • โœ“Trusted by 112 crates
  • โœ“Tiny footprint (15KB, 0 deps)

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Downloads
292.2K
Dependents
112
Releases
35
Size
15KB

Deep Insights

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Steady growth

4.1K downloads in the last 30 days (138/day), up 1% from the previous period.

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Moderate adoption

112 crates depend on seahorse. Reasonable ecosystem adoption, though not yet a core dependency.

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Stable for 6+ years

The API has been stable (1.x) for over 6 years with 35 releases. This level of maturity means you can depend on it without worrying about breaking changes.

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Zero dependencies

seahorse has no external dependencies โ€” minimal supply chain risk and fast compile times.

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Compact crate

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

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Used by top crates

Notable dependents include ruget, kalk_cli, picterm, kalker, cfs. When high-quality crates choose seahorse, it's a strong quality signal.

Health Breakdown

Maintenance 6/25

Recency, release consistency, active ratio

Quality 20/25

Yanked ratio, deps, size, maturity, features

Community 11/20

Reverse deps, ownership, ecosystem

Popularity 7/15

Downloads, momentum, growth trend

Documentation 10/15

Docs, repo, license, metadata

Download Trend

Daily downloads ยท last 90 days
119/day avg-38%
01002003004/265/146/16/197/77/24

Top Dependents

Version Adoption

v2.2.0
54%
v1.1.2
25%
v2.1.0
10%
v1.1.1
7%
v1.0.0
3%

Release Timeline

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Maintainers

Dependencies
0
direct dependencies
Dependents
112
crates depend on seahorse

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