A Different Way to Build Rust CLIs: tkucli vs clap
rust
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Most Rust CLIs today are built with clap—and for good reason. It’s powerful, flexible, and deeply integrated with Rust. But there’s another approach worth exploring. Two ways to define a CLI clap (code-first) #[derive(Parser)] struct Cli { #[command(subcommand)] command: Commands, } You define your CLI structure directly in Rust. tkucli (config-first) [[resource]] name = "users" [[resource.operation]] verb = "list" You define your