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CONTRIBUTIONS ONLY: A Go (golang) command line and flag parser (by alecthomas)
pflag
Drop-in replacement for Go's flag package, implementing POSIX/GNU-style --flags. (by spf13)
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| kingpin | pflag | |
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| 2 | 13 | |
| 3,438 | 2,298 | |
| - | - | |
| 5.2 | 0.0 | |
| 15 days ago | about 1 month ago | |
| Go | Go | |
| MIT License | BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License |
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kingpin
Posts with mentions or reviews of kingpin.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-07-07.
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climate "CLI Mate": a CLI library that autogenerates CLIs from structs / functions with support for nested subcommands, global / local flags, help generation from godocs, typo suggestions, shell completion and more
Args could also have detailed help (like flags) -- usage line is already auto-generated from arg(s) name and type but that's about it. This is something Cobra doesn't do for whatever reason (but https://github.com/alecthomas/kingpin does and I like it)
- What is the best way to handle flags?
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Posts with mentions or reviews of pflag.
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and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-05-07.
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issue with pflag flagset
My understanding is that you can use pflag as a drop in replacement of the standard lib's flag (import flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"). So it can be used as a standalone lib I suppose.
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Which packages do you recommend for building cli tools?
I realy enjoyed the patched version from spf13 with "--" support https://github.com/spf13/pflag
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Define custom command-line flag types in Go 1.19
Nice, but Cobra (with pflag underneath) is so, so better.
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-h --help -help help --? -? ????
Not by default on stdlib. There are libraries available though - https://github.com/spf13/pflag
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Coral, a friendly Cobra fork with nearly all its features, but only 4 dependencies
Flag functionality is provided by the pflag library, a fork of the flag standard library which maintains the same interface while adding POSIX compliance.
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xflags: An approach to command line flags with support for subcommands, positional args, environment variables, etc.
How does it compare to https://github.com/spf13/pflag ?
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The flag package: strange but good?
spf13 has a drop in pflag that does the - short and -- long flags.
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What are your favorite packages to use?
oklog/ulid to generate IDs. coreos/go-oidc for validating JWTs I get from auth. google/go-cmp for comparing structs in tests (unless the project is already using Testify). spf13/pflag because life's too short for Go's flag handling. getkin/kin-openapi for validating reqests/responses against my OpenAPI spec (in tests).
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akamensky/argparse: Argparse for Golang. Just because "flag" sucks!
What are the benefits of this package over the widely used spf13/pflag?
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Go’s highly modular nature makes it particularly good for situations where requirements are changing or evolving.
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What are some alternatives?
When comparing kingpin and pflag you can also consider the following projects:
cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions
flag - Flag is a simple but powerful command line option parsing library for Go support infinite level subcommand
go-flags - go command line option parser
urfave/cli - A simple, fast, and fun package for building command line apps in Go
kong - Kong is a command-line parser for Go
complete - bash completion written in go + bash completion for go command
cli - CLI - A package for building command line app with go
argparse - Argparse for golang. Just because `flag` sucks
pingme - PingMe is a CLI which provides the ability to send messages or alerts to multiple messaging platforms & email.
flaggy - Idiomatic Go input parsing with subcommands, positional values, and flags at any position. No required project or package layout and no external dependencies.