kong
Kong is a command-line parser for Go (by alecthomas)
readline
Readline is a pure go(golang) implementation for GNU-Readline kind library (by chzyer)
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kong
Posts with mentions or reviews of kong.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-07.
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climate "CLI Mate": a CLI library that autogenerates CLIs from structs / functions with support for nested subcommands, global / local flags, help generation from godocs, typo suggestions, shell completion and more
I’ve been using https://github.com/alecthomas/kong for exposing generated protobuf structs for CLI args. How does your library compare?
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Which packages do you recommend for building cli tools?
I prefer https://github.com/alecthomas/kong these days
- I'm looking for a library that can parse through a string and pickup parameters and add it to a golang object
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Golang equivalent of Python’s click (CLT framework)
kong
- Python library cmd2 equivalent in golang
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Coral, a friendly Cobra fork with nearly all its features, but only 4 dependencies
We switched all our cli tools from cobra/viper to kong. I can highly recommend it. Almost no deps and easy to use, a great replacement for cobra in my opinion.
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Recommended framework/library for creating cli apps in go?
I switched all from viper to kong.
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I'm looking for a good alternativ to Viper
For all my commandline parsing and config loading needs I use kong. In contrast to Viper and Cobra it has almost no dependencies (while viper and cobra pull in half a jungle).
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Made my first command-line tool with Golang
I think it is probably just a matter of personal taste, but I like to handle params and flags on the main function. I am probably biased by C experience and using https://github.com/alecthomas/kong though. Kong is certainly not as popular as cobra, but its approach.
readline
Posts with mentions or reviews of readline.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-23.
- I need CTRL + A (Select all) command on the cmd
- After years of bash, I actually found a shortcut I never heard about.
- Keyboard tricks from a macOS app dev
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shell-reader - an easy-to-use library for creating shells for the Linux terminal with support for navigating command history
That's nice, were you aware of readline?
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Ask HN: What libraries does go have for building interactive shells?
Do you want to build an interactive shell or a cli tool? For a custom shell I have used https://github.com/chzyer/readline before, but I did not work on it a lot.
I also wanted custom completions based on context and this readline implementation was decent for that.
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Just ordered the C2 as my first mechanical keyboard
On first glance, it seems like the Mac layout would be less convenient with Linux due to the alt/option key being further from the spacebar and more awkward to hit with your thumb. This makes a lot of commonly used keybindings (such as the standard readline keybindings, https://github.com/chzyer/readline/blob/master/doc/shortcut.md, commonly used in bash and other shells amongst other applications) harder to hit. Linux GUI applications use alt/option more frequently than super/command as well.
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The Best Keyboard Shortcuts for Bash
The authors keep a crib sheet here: https://github.com/chzyer/readline/blob/master/doc/shortcut.md
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I switched from macOS to Linux after 15 years of Apple
but that's the readline shortcuts which are the same no matter which Unix terminal you are using, on macOS, Linux, cygwin, git bash, WSL...
https://github.com/chzyer/readline/blob/master/doc/shortcut....
- Print editable string in terminal
What are some alternatives?
When comparing kong and readline you can also consider the following projects:
cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
kingpin - CONTRIBUTIONS ONLY: A Go (golang) command line and flag parser
liner - Pure Go line editor with history, inspired by linenoise
go-flags - go command line option parser
complete - bash completion written in go + bash completion for go command
viper - Go configuration with fangs
mitchellh/cli - A Go library for implementing command-line interfaces.
urfave/cli - A simple, fast, and fun package for building command line apps in Go
go-cli - A full-featured and easy to use command-line package
cli - CLI - A package for building command line app with go
wmenu - An easy to use menu structure for cli applications that prompts users to make choices.