# Install clap

A simple to use, efficient, and full-featured Command Line Argument Parser. Version 4.6.1 via Cargo; verified 2026-04-15.

## Install

```sh
sudo av install cargo:clap
```

Additional install commands:

### Portable and language managers

- Cargo (100%):

```sh
cargo install clap
```

  Evidence: local crates.io package metadata

## Package Facts

- **Package key:** cargo:clap
- **Package manager:** Cargo
- **Package manager URL:** <https://crates.io/crates/clap>
- **Version:** 4.6.1
- **Source summary:** A simple to use, efficient, and full-featured Command Line Argument Parser
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/clap-rs/clap>
- **License:** MIT OR Apache-2.0
- **Source archive:** <https://static.crates.io/crates/clap/clap-4.6.1.crate>
- **Published:** 2026-04-15 18:59:05.142929+00
- **Last updated:** 2026-04-15 18:59:05.142929+00
- **Generated:** 2026-06-18T16:49:02+00:00

## Executables

- stdio-fixture (binary): Declared by crates.io version metadata.

## Install Behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-06-18
- Package-manager version: 4.6.1

## Security Notes

No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for clap. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL.


## Source Database Details

- **Source Database:** crates.io database dump
- **Crate ID:** 1,498
- **Crate Size:** 61,836
- **Edition:** 2024
- **Has Lib:** yes
- **Num Versions:** 456
- **Recent Download Window Days:** 90
- **Rust Version:** 1.85
- **Version ID:** 2,261,724

## Other Package-Manager Records

- Debian apt - python3-clap - 0.14.0-3: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: python3-clap from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | command line arguments parser | https://github.com/marekjm/clap
- Nix - clap: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/cl/clap/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- Ubuntu apt - python3-clap - 0.14.0-3: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: python3-clap from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | command line arguments parser | https://github.com/marekjm/clap
- dnf - clap-devel - 1.2.7-3.fc44: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: clap-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for CLAP | https://github.com/free-audio/clap
- pacman - clap - 1.2.7-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: clap from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | CLever Audio Plugin API | https://github.com/free-audio/clap


## Sources

- crates.io package index
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph