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Uses new Rust 2024
| new 4.6.2 | Jul 15, 2026 |
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| 4.6.0 | Mar 12, 2026 |
| 4.5.53 | Nov 19, 2025 |
| 4.5.42 | Jul 30, 2025 |
| 0.5.7 | Mar 31, 2015 |
#7 in Command-line interface
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clap
Command Line Argument Parser for Rust
Dual-licensed under Apache 2.0 or MIT.
Get Started
$ cargo add clap
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Create your command-line parser, with all of the bells and whistles, declaratively or procedurally.
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