Boost.Program_options vs args

Boost.Program_options

Boost.org program_options module (by boostorg)

A simple header-only C++ argument parser library. Supposed to be flexible and powerful, and attempts to be compatible with the functionality of the Python standard argparse library (though not necessarily the API). (by Taywee)

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Boost.Program_options		args
	Project
1	Mentions	2
97	Stars	1,276
-	Growth	-
5.5	Activity	2.1
10 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 year ago
C++	Language	C++
-	License	MIT License

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Boost.Program_options

Posts with mentions or reviews of Boost.Program_options. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-09.

Boost.Program_options VS abseil-cpp - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 9 Mar 2023

args

Posts with mentions or reviews of args. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-11-16.

Conan: how to obtain header-only lib for source distribution?
2 projects | /r/cpp | 16 Nov 2021

I'm using Conan on a little project. One of the dependencies for the project is a single-header, header-only lib. Usually, I use the cmake_find_package generator and it works fine. Conan downloads the library into its system-wide library store, and generates a Findargs.cmake file in the build dir, which references that global path.
3 Ways To Parse Command Line Arguments in C++: Quick, Do-It-Yourself, Or Comprehensive
9 projects | /r/cpp | 4 Nov 2021

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Boost.Program_options and args you can also consider the following projects:

jarro2783/cxxopts - Lightweight C++ command line option parser

CLI11 - CLI11 is a command line parser for C++11 and beyond that provides a rich feature set with a simple and intuitive interface.

gflags - The gflags package contains a C++ library that implements commandline flags processing. It includes built-in support for standard types such as string and the ability to define flags in the source file in which they are used. Online documentation available at:

Vcpkg - C++ Library Manager for Windows, Linux, and MacOS

conan - Conan - The open-source C and C++ package manager

termbox - Library for writing text-based user interfaces

Ncurses - ncurses Git mirror

docopt.cpp - C++11 port of docopt

Argh! - Argh! A minimalist argument handler.