cli VS sflags

Compare cli vs sflags and see what are their differences.

cli

CLI - A package for building command line app with go (by mkideal)
Command-line Standard CLI
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sflags

Generate flags by parsing structures (by octago)
Command-line Standard CLI cli-library Flag Go
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719 149
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1.4 0.0
3 months ago almost 3 years ago
Go Go
MIT License BSD 3-clause "New" or "Revised" License
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cli

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

sflags

Posts with mentions or reviews of sflags. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-11.
  • Show HN: New set of Go libraries for CLI Development
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 11 Jan 2023
    flags aims to merge the concepts from https://github.com/jessevdk/go-flags, and https://github.com/octago/sflags, both relying on struct tags to define CLI command specs. The flags library uses these underlying concepts to produce complete `cobra.Command` trees, and brings many comfort-of-life improvements for the generated applications/commands.

    Console (https://github.com/reeflective/console)

  • Libraries for CLI and console applications
    6 projects | /r/golang | 7 Jan 2023
    Flags (https://github.com/reeflective/flags) flags aims to merge the concepts from https://github.com/jessevdk/go-flags, and https://github.com/octago/sflags, both relying on struct tags to define CLI command specs. The flags library uses these underlying concepts to produce complete `cobra.Command` trees, and brings many comfort-of-life improvements for the generated applications/commands.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cli and sflags you can also consider the following projects:

cobra - A Commander for modern Go CLI interactions

kcli - A kafka command line browser

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

Sitemap Generator - Depth controllable Web scraper and Sitemap Generator in Go

go-flags - go command line option parser

wlog - A simple logging interface that supports cross-platform color and concurrency.

mow.cli - A versatile library for building CLI applications in Go

OPS - ops - build and run nanos unikernels

mitchellh/cli - A Go library for implementing command-line interfaces.

docopt.go - A command-line arguments parser that will make you smile.

cli vs cobra sflags vs kcli cli vs kingpin sflags vs Sitemap Generator cli vs go-flags sflags vs wlog cli vs mow.cli sflags vs OPS cli vs mitchellh/cli sflags vs mow.cli cli vs docopt.go sflags vs cobra