ishell VS argparse

Compare ishell vs argparse and see what are their differences.

ishell

Library for creating interactive cli applications. (by abiosoft)
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ishell argparse
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1,636 2,353
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0.0 8.3
7 months ago 7 days ago
Go C++
MIT License MIT License
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ishell

Posts with mentions or reviews of ishell. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-01-16.
  • Ask HN: What libraries does go have for building interactive shells?
    6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 16 Jan 2022
    I want to build a command line tool with context-sensitive completion. This is important because it allows interactive exploration of the options -- both of the application and of the current data model -- available to the user.

    So far this is what I've found.

    https://github.com/desertbit/grumble

    https://github.com/spf13/cobra

    https://github.com/urfave/cli

    https://github.com/abiosoft/ishell

    I would like to know people's experiences and recommendations in building such an app in go.

  • Ask HN: What is a Golang equivalent / workalike of Python “cmd”?
    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Oct 2021
    Maybe something like: https://github.com/abiosoft/ishell

    Your question is a little unclear. For any serious command prompt, it becomes almost required to build one from scratch as libraries tend to have too many constraints that prevent advanced use cases.

argparse

Posts with mentions or reviews of argparse. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-24.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing ishell and argparse you can also consider the following projects:

cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions

command-line-rust - Code for Command-Line Rust (O'Reilly, 2022, ISBN 9781098109417) https://learning.oreilly.com/library/view/command-line-rust/9781098109424/

f-license - Open Source License Key Generation and Verification Tool written in Go

flag - Flag is a simple but powerful command line option parsing library for Go support infinite level subcommand

grumble - A powerful modern CLI and SHELL

go-arg - Struct-based argument parsing in Go

readline - Readline is a pure go(golang) implementation for GNU-Readline kind library

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

what-anime-cli - ❓🖼 Find the anime scene by image using your terminal

linuxdeployqt - Makes Linux applications self-contained by copying in the libraries and plugins that the application uses, and optionally generates an AppImage. Can be used for Qt and other applications

number-verifier - Number Verifier is a SMS verification tool that makes it easy to get a disposable SMS number and bypass SMS number verifications on any site.

clip - Cross-platform C++ library to copy/paste clipboard content