pareto

Pareto Principle (80/20 rule) analysis CLI tool. Analyze wealth distribution, resource concentration, and identify optimization opportunities.

Note: This is a convenience wrapper for lawkit pareto. For additional statistical laws (Benford, Zipf, Normal, Poisson) and advanced features, see lawkit.

Installation

cargo install pareto

Usage

# Analyze a file
pareto sales.csv

# From stdin
cat revenue.txt | pareto -

# Output formats
pareto data.csv --format json
pareto data.csv --format csv

Options

-f, --format <FORMAT>      Output: text, csv, json, yaml, toml, xml
-q, --quiet                Minimal output
-v, --verbose              Detailed output
--filter <RANGE>           Filter numbers (e.g., >=100, <1000)
--percentiles <LIST>       Custom percentiles (e.g., 10,20,30)
--gini-coefficient         Show Gini coefficient
--business-analysis        Show business interpretation
--no-color                 Disable colors

Output

• Top 20% share: Percentage of total owned by top 20%
• Pareto ratio: How close to ideal 80/20 distribution
• Concentration index: Gini coefficient (0=equal, 1=concentrated)
• Lorenz curve: Visual distribution graph

Exit Codes

See Also

• lawkit - Full statistical law analysis toolkit
• benf - Benford's Law analysis

License

MIT