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clap — deep security report

ShadowCanopy's full breakdown of clap on crates.io: verdict, AI analysis, dependency chain, network behavior, prebuilds, and obfuscated code.

Safe to use
Deep-scanned by ShadowCanopy — no threats found in its code, dependencies, or network behavior.
Scanned 8/6/2026
Approvedclap@4.6.6View on registry ↗latest: 4.6.6

clap is the well-known, legitimate Rust CLI argument parser. No static findings, only standard source files and docs, no malicious behavior present.

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AI breakdown

Plain-English summary of what this package does and how it behaves.

clap 4.6.6 is a Rust crate providing a command-line argument parser with support for derive macros, subcommands, and various CLI patterns.

Capabilities

  • Command-line argument parsing
  • Derive macro support
  • Includes extensive examples and documentation

Data access

  • None observed

Network

  • No network access observed

Standard library crate with no scripts, dependencies, or runtime behaviors observed in the manifest or files; low risk for typical use as a CLI parsing dependency.

Files in package (294)

.cargo_vcs_info.jsonclap-4.6.6/.cargo_vcs_info.jsonCargo.lockclap-4.6.6/Cargo.lockCargo.tomlclap-4.6.6/Cargo.tomlCargo.toml.origclap-4.6.6/Cargo.toml.origLICENSE-APACHEclap-4.6.6/LICENSE-APACHELICENSE-MITclap-4.6.6/LICENSE-MITREADME.mdclap-4.6.6/README.mdexamples/README.mdclap-4.6.6/examples/README.mdexamples/cargo-example-derive.mdclap-4.6.6/examples/cargo-example-derive.mdexamples/cargo-example-derive.rsclap-4.6.6/examples/cargo-example-derive.rsexamples/cargo-example.mdclap-4.6.6/examples/cargo-example.mdexamples/cargo-example.rsclap-4.6.6/examples/cargo-example.rsexamples/demo.mdclap-4.6.6/examples/demo.mdexamples/demo.rsclap-4.6.6/examples/demo.rsexamples/derive_ref/augment_args.rsclap-4.6.6/examples/derive_ref/augment_args.rsexamples/derive_ref/augment_subcommands.rsclap-4.6.6/examples/derive_ref/augment_subcommands.rsexamples/derive_ref/flatten_hand_args.rsclap-4.6.6/examples/derive_ref/flatten_hand_args.rsexamples/derive_ref/hand_subcommand.rsclap-4.6.6/examples/derive_ref/hand_subcommand.rsexamples/derive_ref/interop_tests.mdclap-4.6.6/examples/derive_ref/interop_tests.mdexamples/escaped-positional-derive.mdclap-4.6.6/examples/escaped-positional-derive.md

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