Java Command-line Argument Parsers by Dev Activity

8.1

8.0

picocli

6.4

9.4

JLine

6.9

8.2

JCommander

4.1

3.3

JOpt Simple

5.5

0.0

Airline

5.5

7.9

args4j

9 Command-line Argument Parsers libraries and projects

picocli

8.1 8.0 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.
JLine

6.4 9.4 Java

JLine is a Java library for handling console input.

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JCommander

6.9 8.2 L2 Java

Command line parsing framework for Java
JOpt Simple

4.1 3.3 L5 Java

Java library for parsing command line options
Airline

5.5 0.0 L3 Java

Java annotation-based framework for parsing Git like command line structures
args4j

5.5 7.9 L4 Java

args4j
JewelCLI

2.4 0.0 L5 Java

JewelCli uses an annotated interface definition to automatically parse and present command line arguments
Spring Shell 3

6.0 7.6 Java

Spring based shell
Airline 2

2.9 6.5 Java

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