Scallop vs zio-cli

Scallop

a simple Scala CLI parsing library (by scallop)

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zio-cli

Rapidly build powerful command-line applications powered by ZIO (by zio)

Zio CLI Command-line Scala

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Scallop		zio-cli
	Project
1	Mentions	2
672	Stars	126
0.4%	Growth	0.0%
5.3	Activity	7.3
about 1 month ago	Latest Commit	3 days ago
Scala	Language	Scala
MIT License	License	Apache License 2.0

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Scallop

Posts with mentions or reviews of Scallop. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-02-20.

Recommended CLI parsing libraries
5 projects | /r/scala | 20 Feb 2021

Scallop is great -- it allows you to wrap entire functions and routines inside calls which pass arguments (like --name) and use them.

zio-cli

Posts with mentions or reviews of zio-cli. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-03-02.

Creating a bash completion script (2018)
6 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 2 Mar 2022

>It would almost be easier to modify the bash source itself to read and use a regular grammar
It's an interesting idea that we're using for zio-cli [1].
[1] https://github.com/zio/zio-cli/pull/119
Recommended CLI parsing libraries
5 projects | /r/scala | 20 Feb 2021

I know this is at very early stage, no docs, not recommended for prod use but you may want to add zio-cli into your watch list.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing Scallop and zio-cli you can also consider the following projects:

Scopt - command line options parsing for Scala

decline - A composable command-line parser for Scala.

Scala Parser Combinators - simple combinator-based parsing for Scala. formerly part of the Scala standard library, now a separate community-maintained module

picocli - Picocli is a modern framework for building powerful, user-friendly, GraalVM-enabled command line apps with ease. It supports colors, autocompletion, subcommands, and more. In 1 source file so apps can include as source & avoid adding a dependency. Written in Java, usable from Groovy, Kotlin, Scala, etc.

case-app - Type-level & seamless command-line argument parsing for Scala

atto - friendly little parsers

Git - Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

CLIST - Command Line Interface Scala Toolkit

cleo - Cleo allows you to create beautiful and testable command-line interfaces.

Parboiled2 - A macro-based PEG parser generator for Scala 2.10+

autocomplete - IDE-style autocomplete for your existing terminal & shell