shiv vs clint

shiv

shiv is a command line utility for building fully self contained Python zipapps as outlined in PEP 441, but with all their dependencies included. (by linkedin)

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clint

Python Command-line Application Tools (by kennethreitz)

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shiv		clint
	Project
4	Mentions	1
1,691	Stars	94
0.7%	Growth	-
5.1	Activity	0.0
2 months ago	Latest Commit	7 months ago
Python	Language	Python
BSD 2-clause "Simplified" License	License	ISC License

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shiv

Posts with mentions or reviews of shiv. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-13.

Show HN: PyApp – runtime installer for Python applications
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Dec 2023
Pydantic V2 rewritten in Rust is 5-50x faster than Pydantic V1
3 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Apr 2023

Try out shiv[1], it will package up your source and depndencies into a single file, though you still require the Python interpreter to run it on the target
[1] https://github.com/linkedin/shiv
What are different ways to make a Python exe besides py-to-exe?
2 projects | /r/Python | 14 Sep 2022
What's the Most Portable Way to Include Binary Blobs in an Executable?
5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 26 Jul 2022

clint

Posts with mentions or reviews of clint. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-10-10.

A game called "Hand Cricket"
3 projects | /r/Python | 10 Oct 2022

Since you are building a TUI (textual user interface), you might benefit from libraries like https://github.com/kennethreitz-archive/clint or https://github.com/Textualize/rich

What are some alternatives?

When comparing shiv and clint you can also consider the following projects:

Python Fire - Python Fire is a library for automatically generating command line interfaces (CLIs) from absolutely any Python object.

click - Python composable command line interface toolkit

python3-nmap - A python 3 library which helps in using nmap port scanner. This is done by converting each nmap command into a callable python3 method or function. System administrators can now automatic nmap scans using python

python-prompt-toolkit - Library for building powerful interactive command line applications in Python

litecli - CLI for SQLite Databases with auto-completion and syntax highlighting

cement - Application Framework for Python

iredis - Interactive Redis: A Terminal Client for Redis with AutoCompletion and Syntax Highlighting.

colorama - Simple cross-platform colored terminal text in Python

R3CON1Z3R - R3con1z3r is a lightweight Web information gathering tool with an intuitive features written in python. it provides a powerful environment in which open source intelligence (OSINT) web-based footprinting can be conducted quickly and thoroughly.

cliff - Command Line Interface Formulation Framework. Mirror of code maintained at opendev.org.

kube-shell - Kubernetes shell: An integrated shell for working with the Kubernetes

typer - Typer, build great CLIs. Easy to code. Based on Python type hints.