A collection of free and open source tools, plugins and libraries for CLI command line interface and including command line parsers

A collection of free and open source tools, plugins and libraries CLR command line runtime. Sourced under a creative commons. This list will be updated regularly. Email over the URL, if you wish to be included.

CLI command line interface and including command line parsers

• Appccelerate – Command Line Parser – A command-line parser with fluent definition syntax, different argument types, required and optional arguments, value restrictions, aliases, type conversion and semi-automatic usage help message composition
• Argu – Declarative CLI argument & XML configuration parser for F# applications.
• CliFx – Declarative framework for building command line interfaces.
• Typin – Simple to use declarative framework for interactive CLI applications and command line tools (direct mode) that has its roots in CliFx.
• clipr – A CLI library inspired by Python’s argparse that transforms a command line into a strongly-typed object. It supports custom argument types, automated (and localized) help generation, and a variety of ways to store parsed arguments.
• CliWrap – Wrapper for command line interfaces.
• Colorful.Console – Colorful console output.
• CommandDotNet – Model your console app using C# in a composable manner. Define commands with methods. Define subcommands with properties or nested classes. Extensible parsing and command execution.
• Command Line Parser – The Command Line Parser Library offers to CLR applications a clean and concise API for manipulating command-line arguments and related tasks
• CommandLineUtils – This is a fork of Microsoft.Extensions.CommandLineUtils, which is no longer under active development.
• CsConsoleFormat – .NET C# library for advanced formatting of console output.
• Docopt – Command-line interface description language that will make you smile.
• EntryPoint – Composable CLI Argument Parser for .NET Core & .NET Framework 4.5+.
• Fluent Command Line Parser – A simple, strongly typed .NET C# command-line parser library using a fluent easy to use interface
• JustCli – That’s just a quick way to create your own command line tool.
• Gui.cs – Terminal UI toolkit for .NET.
• Power Args – PowerArgs converts command-line arguments into .NET objects that are easy to program against. It also provides a ton of optional capabilities such as argument validation, auto generated usage, tab completion, and plenty of extensibility
• ReadLine – A GNU-Readline like library for .NET/.NET Core.
• RunInfoBuilder – A unique command line parser, utilizing object trees for commands.
• SharpNetSH – A simple netsh library for C#.
• spectre.console – A library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications.
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