spectre.console VS CommandLineUtils

Compare spectre.console vs CommandLineUtils and see what are their differences.

spectre.console

A .NET library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications. (by spectresystems)

CommandLineUtils

Command line parsing and utilities for .NET (by natemcmaster)
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8,443 2,151
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8.5 4.6
2 days ago 12 days ago
C# C#
MIT License Apache License 2.0
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spectre.console

Posts with mentions or reviews of spectre.console. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-05.

CommandLineUtils

Posts with mentions or reviews of CommandLineUtils. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-08-16.
  • Best way to build a console app with command line parser and dependency injection?
    2 projects | /r/csharp | 16 Aug 2022
  • What's your favorite command line arg parser?
    7 projects | /r/csharp | 31 Jan 2022
  • Writing tests for CLI tool
    3 projects | dev.to | 14 Nov 2021
    I want to test how my tools generated files and folders in the destination with different arguments passed to the program. However, in my old code, I put all the logic of working with arguments in the static int main( string[] args) function. I could not use Interface and Dependency injection to mock the CLI tools because CommandLineUtils does not have an interface library. Luckily, I found this guidance from the owner of CommandLineUtils, and he advised that "Split the command-line argument parser and application execution into separate class structures" to test various options programmatically. It is a great suggestion, and I rewrote my program by adding class CommandLineOptions and adding logic to class Generator to make it works with CommandLineOptions. I can kill two birds with one stone by this change: code refactoring and writing better tests. Another problem I had was my folder structure. Before, I put the project's sln file, .git file , and src files in the root of the folder. However, when I added a new test project for Shinny-SSG, I had it outside my git folder, and it would be impossible to commit the change and put it in my remote repository. To resolve this, I had to change my folder structure to this:
  • C# equivalent to Pythons cmd module?
    5 projects | /r/csharp | 9 May 2021
  • Automatic .NET Versioning Tool
    5 projects | /r/dotnet | 10 Apr 2021
    Thanks to https://github.com/natemcmaster/CommandLineUtils for supplying a lot of the command structures. If you're interested in creating your own dotnet tool, this is highly recommended.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing spectre.console and CommandLineUtils you can also consider the following projects:

Gui.cs - Cross Platform Terminal UI toolkit for .NET

Command Line Parser - The best C# command line parser that brings standardized *nix getopt style, for .NET. Includes F# support

Console Framework - Cross-platform toolkit for easy development of TUI applications.

Cocona - Micro-framework for .NET console application. Cocona makes it easy and fast to build console applications on .NET.

command-line-api - Command line parsing, invocation, and rendering of terminal output.

CliFx - Class-first framework for building command-line interfaces

Colorful.Console - Style your .NET console output!

interactive - .NET Interactive combines the power of .NET with many other languages to create notebooks, REPLs, and embedded coding experiences. Share code, explore data, write, and learn across your apps in ways you couldn't before.

CommandDotNet - A modern framework for building modern CLI apps

CliWrap - Library for running command-line processes