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). (by Taywee)
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)
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| args | CLI11 | |
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| 2 | 12 | |
| 1,276 | 3,087 | |
| - | 2.9% | |
| 2.1 | 8.5 | |
| about 1 year ago | 5 days ago | |
| C++ | C++ | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
args
Posts with mentions or reviews of args.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-16.
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Conan: how to obtain header-only lib for source distribution?
I'm using Conan on a little project. One of the dependencies for the project is a single-header, header-only lib. Usually, I use the cmake_find_package generator and it works fine. Conan downloads the library into its system-wide library store, and generates a Findargs.cmake file in the build dir, which references that global path.
- 3 Ways To Parse Command Line Arguments in C++: Quick, Do-It-Yourself, Or Comprehensive
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.
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C++ Game Utility Libraries: for Game Dev Rustaceans
Book: CLI11 book
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Command line interface library
The most feature-rich C++ CLI library is CLI11. Other popular choices include Boost.ProgramOptions, argparse, cxxopts and others.
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Create Elegant C++ Spatial Processing Pipelines in WebAssembly
CLI11 provides all the features you expect in a powerful command line parser, with a beautiful, minimal syntax and no dependencies beyond C++11. itk-wasm enhances CLI11 with a itk::wasm::Pipeline wrapper to support efficient execution in multiple Wasm contexts, scientific data structures, and lovely colorized help output 🥰.
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CLI11 is making all the other options libraries look bad, does anyone have a comparison from experience?
Does anyone have feedback on the possible problems with CLI11 and comparisons to any other thing available in the wild not limited to the choices I tried before? Looks like a very well-thought out library according to its documentation: https://cliutils.github.io/CLI11/book/
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Creating a CLI in C++
I'd recommend to use CLI11. I was baffled by how much it can do.
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3 Ways To Parse Command Line Arguments in C++: Quick, Do-It-Yourself, Or Comprehensive
I use https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts.git or https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11, or if boost is involved anyway, boost.program_options.
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Carregando dependências em projetos C++ usando o CMake
get_dependency(spdlog "https://github.com/gabime/spdlog" v1.8.5) get_dependency(CLI11 "https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11" v1.9.1) get_dependency(GoogleTest "https://github.com/google/googletest" master)
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cmdlime - possibly the least verbose command line parsing library for C++17
Maybe https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11? I really like this one and it looks like it supports TOML
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Why no standard library support for command line parsing?
I found https://github.com/jarro2783/cxxopts to be useful and https://github.com/CLIUtils/CLI11 to be really helpful if you need an non-trivial interface.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing args and CLI11 you can also consider the following projects:
jarro2783/cxxopts - Lightweight C++ command line option parser
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:
clipp - easy to use, powerful & expressive command line argument parsing for modern C++ / single header / usage & doc generation
termbox - Library for writing text-based user interfaces
Boost.Program_options - Boost.org program_options module
docopt.cpp - C++11 port of docopt
Vcpkg - C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS
Argh! - Argh! A minimalist argument handler.
Ncurses - ncurses Git mirror