CLI11 VS glog

Compare CLI11 vs glog and see what are their differences.

CLI11

CLI11 is a command line parser for C++11 and beyond that provides a rich feature set with a simple and intuitive interface. (by CLIUtils)

glog

C++ implementation of the Google logging module (by google)
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CLI11 glog
12 5
3,087 6,796
2.9% 1.0%
8.5 8.9
6 days ago 7 days ago
C++ C++
GNU General Public License v3.0 or later BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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CLI11

Posts with mentions or reviews of CLI11. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-13.

glog

Posts with mentions or reviews of glog. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-13.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing CLI11 and glog you can also consider the following projects:

jarro2783/cxxopts - Lightweight C++ command line option parser

spdlog - Fast C++ logging library.

clipp - easy to use, powerful & expressive command line argument parsing for modern C++ / single header / usage & doc generation

G3log - G3log is an asynchronous, "crash safe", logger that is easy to use with default logging sinks or you can add your own. G3log is made with plain C++14 (C++11 support up to release 1.3.2) with no external libraries (except gtest used for unit tests). G3log is made to be cross-platform, currently running on OSX, Windows and several Linux distros. See Readme below for details of usage.

gflags - The gflags package contains a C++ library that implements commandline flags processing. It includes built-in support for standard types such as string and the ability to define flags in the source file in which they are used. Online documentation available at:

Boost.Log - Boost Logging library

args - A simple header-only C++ argument parser library. Supposed to be flexible and powerful, and attempts to be compatible with the functionality of the Python standard argparse library (though not necessarily the API).

log4cplus - log4cplus is a simple to use C++ logging API providing thread-safe, flexible, and arbitrarily granular control over log management and configuration. It is modelled after the Java log4j API.

Boost.Program_options - Boost.org program_options module

easyloggingpp - C++ logging library. It is extremely powerful, extendable, light-weight, fast performing, thread and type safe and consists of many built-in features. It provides ability to write logs in your own customized format. It also provide support for logging your classes, third-party libraries, STL and third-party containers etc.

Vcpkg - C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS

plog - Portable, simple and extensible C++ logging library