Command Line Parser VS Power Args

Compare Command Line Parser vs Power Args and see what are their differences.

Command Line Parser

The best C# command line parser that brings standardized *nix getopt style, for .NET. Includes F# support (by commandlineparser)

Power Args

The ultimate .NET Standard command line argument parser (by adamabdelhamed)
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Command Line Parser

Posts with mentions or reviews of Command Line Parser. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-09.

Power Args

Posts with mentions or reviews of Power Args. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-24.
  • Command line parser with mutual exclusion capability?
    2 projects | /r/csharp | 24 Jan 2023
    PowerArgs has some attributes that specify what arguments can't be combined with other arguments or when arguments are required based on the presence of other arguments. You can even use boolean expressions in specifying those condition.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Command Line Parser and Power Args you can also consider the following projects:

Fluent Command Line Parser - A simple, strongly typed .NET C# command line parser library using a fluent easy to use interface

Gui.cs - Cross Platform Terminal UI toolkit for .NET

spectre.console - A .NET library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications.

Appccelerate - Command Line Parser - A simple command line parser with fluent definition API.

CommandLineUtils - Command line parsing and utilities for .NET

Cocona - Micro-framework for .NET console application. Cocona makes it easy and fast to build console applications on .NET.

Console Framework - Cross-platform toolkit for easy development of TUI applications.

CliWrap - Library for running command-line processes

EntryPoint - Composable CLI Argument Parser for all modern .Net platforms.

ReadLine - A Pure C# GNU-Readline like library for .NET/.NET Core