rust-cli/book resource
Documentation on how to use the Rust Programming Language to develop commandline applications observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
75/100
- Activity 95
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2462
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 32
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1046 stars · 121 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
CLAiR, the official 'Command Line Applications in Rust' book maintained by the Rust CLI working group. It is an mdBook-based tutorial and reference for building CLI tools in Rust.
Use cases
- learn how to write command line applications in rust
- tutorial for building a cli tool with rust
- guide to rust argument parsing and cli patterns
- onboard a team to rust via cli projects
- reference for structuring rust cli projects
When to choose
- you are learning Rust and want a practical project
- you are building a CLI tool in Rust and need idiomatic guidance
- you want official, maintained documentation from the Rust CLI working group
When to avoid
- you need a CLI framework or library rather than documentation
- you need deep reference material on a specific crate like clap
- you are not working in Rust
Facets
learning-resource · maturity active
documentation developer-tools cli developer-tools tutorials documentation rust cli cross-platform rust-cli book mdbook tutorial command-line-applications command-line
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/rust-cli/book · fetched 2026-08-28 · 6486c1899d89
- homepage: https://rust-cli.github.io/book/index.html · fetched 2026-08-29 · 72b61fb1578e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| rust-cli/book | main | 75 |
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