Java Command-line Argument Parsers

9 Command-line Argument Parsers libraries and projects

• picocli

  8.1 8.6 Java

  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.

• JCommander

  6.9 7.7 L2 Java

  Command line parsing framework for Java

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• JLine

  6.3 8.7 Java

  JLine is a Java library for handling console input.
  

• Spring Shell 3

  6.0 9.2 Java

  Spring based shell
  

• args4j

  5.5 7.9 L4 Java

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• Airline

  5.5 0.0 L3 Java

  Java annotation-based framework for parsing Git like command line structures
  

• JOpt Simple

  4.1 3.3 L5 Java

  Java library for parsing command line options

• Airline 2

  2.8 6.5 Java

  Java annotation-based framework for parsing Git like command line structures with deep extensibility

• JewelCLI

  2.5 0.0 L5 Java

  JewelCli uses an annotated interface definition to automatically parse and present command line arguments

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