1# clap 2 3> **Command Line Argument Parser for Rust** 4 5[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/v/clap?style=flat-square)](https://crates.io/crates/clap) 6[![Crates.io](https://img.shields.io/crates/d/clap?style=flat-square)](https://crates.io/crates/clap) 7[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-Apache%202.0-blue?style=flat-square)](LICENSE-APACHE) 8[![License](https://img.shields.io/badge/license-MIT-blue?style=flat-square)](LICENSE-MIT) 9[![Build Status](https://img.shields.io/github/workflow/status/clap-rs/clap/CI/staging?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/clap-rs/clap/actions/workflows/ci.yml?query=branch%3Astaging) 10[![Coverage Status](https://img.shields.io/coveralls/github/clap-rs/clap/master?style=flat-square)](https://coveralls.io/github/clap-rs/clap?branch=master) 11[![Contributors](https://img.shields.io/github/contributors/clap-rs/clap?style=flat-square)](https://github.com/clap-rs/clap/graphs/contributors) 12 13Dual-licensed under [Apache 2.0](LICENSE-APACHE) or [MIT](LICENSE-MIT). 14 15## About 16 17Create your command-line parser, with all of the bells and whistles, declaratively or procedurally. 18 19For more details, see: 20- [docs.rs](https://docs.rs/clap/latest/clap/) 21- [examples](examples/) 22 23## Sponsors 24 25<!-- omit in TOC --> 26### Gold 27 28[![](https://opencollective.com/clap/tiers/gold.svg?avatarHeight=36&width=600)](https://opencollective.com/clap) 29 30<!-- omit in TOC --> 31### Silver 32 33[![](https://opencollective.com/clap/tiers/silver.svg?avatarHeight=36&width=600)](https://opencollective.com/clap) 34 35<!-- omit in TOC --> 36### Bronze 37 38[![](https://opencollective.com/clap/tiers/bronze.svg?avatarHeight=36&width=600)](https://opencollective.com/clap) 39 40<!-- omit in TOC --> 41### Backer 42 43[![](https://opencollective.com/clap/tiers/backer.svg?avatarHeight=36&width=600)](https://opencollective.com/clap) 44