argv VS flag

Compare argv vs flag and see what are their differences.

flag

Flag is a simple but powerful command line option parsing library for Go support infinite level subcommand (by cosiner)
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argv flag
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39 130
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0.0 4.5
about 4 years ago over 3 years ago
Go Go
MIT License MIT License
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argv

Posts with mentions or reviews of argv. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning argv yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

flag

Posts with mentions or reviews of flag. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects.

We haven't tracked posts mentioning flag yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing argv and flag you can also consider the following projects:

cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions

pflag - Drop-in replacement for Go's flag package, implementing POSIX/GNU-style --flags.

cli - CLI - A package for building command line app with go

kingpin - CONTRIBUTIONS ONLY: A Go (golang) command line and flag parser

argparse - Argparse for golang. Just because `flag` sucks

go-arg - Struct-based argument parsing in Go

Dnote - A simple command line notebook for programmers

urfave/cli - A simple, fast, and fun package for building command line apps in Go

go-flags - go command line option parser