flag
Flag is a simple but powerful command line option parsing library for Go support infinite level subcommand (by cosiner)
go-arg
Struct-based argument parsing in Go (by alexflint)
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| flag | go-arg | |
|---|---|---|
| - | 6 | |
| 130 | 1,861 | |
| - | - | |
| 4.5 | 4.4 | |
| over 3 years ago | 25 days ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| MIT License | BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License |
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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.
flag
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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.
go-arg
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-02.
- Go-Arg: Struct-based argument parsing in Go
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Build a GitHub Issues Reporter for failing Kubernetes Apps with Botkube Plugins
Under the hood, the pluginx.ParseCommand method uses go-arg.
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Libraries for CLI and console applications
I’ve used multiple libraries over the last two years but less is more and go-arg feels like something that would be in the stdlib: https://github.com/alexflint/go-arg
- Libraries you use most of your projects?
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Best practice for configuring secrets
I use this: https://github.com/alexflint/go-arg and setting defaults for my local environment. So no need to keep a .env file.
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Recommended framework/library for creating cli apps in go?
I personally swear by the go-arg package, as i prefer its library-not-framework approach.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing flag and go-arg you can also consider the following projects:
pflag - Drop-in replacement for Go's flag package, implementing POSIX/GNU-style --flags.
argparse - Argparse for golang. Just because `flag` sucks
cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
kingpin - CONTRIBUTIONS ONLY: A Go (golang) command line and flag parser
go-flags - go command line option parser
urfave/cli - A simple, fast, and fun package for building command line apps in Go
viper - Go configuration with fangs
docopt.go - A command-line arguments parser that will make you smile.
envconfig - Small library to read your configuration from environment variables