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Top 19 Kotlin CLI Projects

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  1. clikt

    Multiplatform command line interface parsing for Kotlin

    Project mention: Bachmanity Bytes: A Nod to Silicon Valley (And an Excuse to Mess Around with Kotlin) | dev.to | 2025-12-06

    Because a web app wasn't enough over-engineering, I also built a CLI using Clikt. Now you can get Gavin Belson wisdom without ever leaving your terminal.

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  3. revanced-cli

    💻 Command-line application to use ReVanced

  4. compose-report-to-html

    A utility (Gradle Plugin + CLI) to convert Jetpack Compose compiler metrics and reports to beautified HTML page.

  5. zoe

    The Kafka CLI for humans

  6. bandcamp-collection-downloader

    A command-line tool to automatically download all releases purchased with a Bandcamp account. The official page of the project is https://framagit.org/Ezwen/bandcamp-collection-downloader, while here this is just a mirror hosted on Github.

  7. kotlin-inquirer

    A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces written in Kotlin

  8. claudine

    The older sister of Claude Code - useful for learning harness engineering

  9. askimo

    Local-first AI agent platform for desktop and CLI. Chat, RAG search, multi-step Plans workflows, MCP tools, and Agents integration. Supports OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Ollama, LM Studio and more

    Project mention: How I Practice System Design with AI (URL Shortener Walkthrough) | dev.to | 2026-05-21

    The full YAML is on GitHub. You can copy it, load it into any Askimo instance, or use it as a template for your own plan variants.

  10. kiit

    Kotlin Framework for Apps, APIs, CLIs, Jobs, Mobile and more...

  11. sift

    A CLI tool to analyze and reverse model software system designs from JVM bytecode. (by junkdog)

  12. xls2json

    Read in Excel file (.xls, .xlsx, .xlsm) and output JSON.

  13. arkenv

    Type-safe Kotlin configuration by delegates

  14. manapart-mod-manager

    CLI Mod Manager for Starfield on Linux

  15. kp-diff

    CLI utility to diff KeePass database

  16. swacli

    A simple Star Wars CLI tool built with picocli

  17. reveal-kt

    Kotlin wrapper for Reveal JS with CLI

  18. kotlin-cli-chat

    A personal Kotlin guide for Java developers. A simple chat with a command-line interface only to collect what I have found effective in Kotlin language

  19. kotlin-cli

    Native Kotlin CLI (by utkuozdemir)

  20. scroll-kt

    Intercept and modify scroll events on MacOS

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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What are some of the best open-source CLI projects in Kotlin? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 clikt 2,976
2 revanced-cli 1,575
3 compose-report-to-html 424
4 zoe 296
5 bandcamp-collection-downloader 284
6 kotlin-inquirer 241
7 claudine 176
8 askimo 129
9 kiit 114
10 sift 64
11 xls2json 44
12 arkenv 18
13 manapart-mod-manager 16
14 kp-diff 16
15 swacli 12
16 reveal-kt 11
17 kotlin-cli-chat 6
18 kotlin-cli 5
19 scroll-kt 5

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