Java Command-line Argument Parsers by Dev Activity

6.1

9.7

picocli

4.9

8.5

JLine

5.6

3.8

Spring Shell 3

6.5

2.3

JCommander

5.4

0.9

args4j

3.8

0.9

JOpt Simple

8 Command-line Argument Parsers libraries and projects

picocli

6.1 9.7 Java

Annotation-based. Usage help with ANSI styles and colors. Easily included as source to avoid adding a dependency.
JLine

4.9 8.5 Java

Command-line Argument Parsers CLI
Spring Shell 3

5.6 3.8 Java

Command-line Argument Parsers
JCommander

6.5 2.3 L2 Java

Command line arguments parsing framework with custom types and validation via implementing interfaces.
args4j

5.4 0.9 L4 Java

Small library to parse command like arguments similar to javac.
JOpt Simple

3.8 0.9 L5 Java

Simple parser that uses the POSIX getopt() and GNU getopt_long() syntaxes. Does not use annotations, uses a fluent API instead.
JewelCLI

2.7 0.0 L5 Java

Uses annotations to automatically parse and inject the values with regex validation and Enum support.
Airline

5.5 0.0 L3 Java

Annotation-based framework for parsing Git like command line arguments.

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