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)
termbox
Library for writing text-based user interfaces (by nsf)
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| args | termbox | |
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| 2 | 8 | |
| 1,276 | 1,941 | |
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| 2.1 | 0.0 | |
| about 1 year ago | over 3 years ago | |
| C++ | C | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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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
termbox
Posts with mentions or reviews of termbox.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-25.
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Writing TUI with Ratatouille
Most answers were a code-golf style with writing the full functionality in least number of lines of code. I took a different approach. Since some time already I wanted to try out Ratatouille - an Elixir toolkit for writing TUI (Terminal UI), based on termbox.
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I looking for a TUI liberary/framework with good aesthetics.
If you want to go lower-level, then I would recommend against ncurses, and instead start with notcurses or termbox. termbox has lots of language bindings, but the author is no longer maintaining it. Still, not a bad place to start from. If you do decide to get into ncurses, this doc can get you over some of the humps with keyboard/screen/mouse.
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termbox VS FINAL CUT - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 30 Dec 2021
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S-Lang alternatives - FINAL CUT and termbox
3 projects | 30 Dec 2021
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ncurses alternatives - S-Lang, termbox, and rang
4 projects | 30 Dec 2021
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notty alternatives - S-Lang and termbox
3 projects | 30 Dec 2021
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newt alternatives - S-Lang, termbox, and Lanterna
4 projects | 30 Dec 2021
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How to embed advanced links in terminal?
Alternatively, there's termbox: https://github.com/nsf/termbox (minimalistic). Or prompt_toolkit: https://github.com/prompt-toolkit/python-prompt-toolkit (huge).
What are some alternatives?
When comparing args and termbox you can also consider the following projects:
CLI11 - CLI11 is a command line parser for C++11 and beyond that provides a rich feature set with a simple and intuitive interface.
Ncurses - ncurses Git mirror
jarro2783/cxxopts - Lightweight C++ command line option parser
docopt.cpp - C++11 port of docopt
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.Program_options - Boost.org program_options module
rang - A Minimal, Header only Modern c++ library for terminal goodies 💄✨
Argh! - Argh! A minimalist argument handler.