https://github.com/cattlecloud/babycli

babycli implements declarative parsing of command line arguments including support for subcommands, command aliases, long and short flag names, repeated flags, and custom help messages for Go
https://github.com/cattlecloud/babycli

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babycli implements declarative parsing of command line arguments including support for subcommands, command aliases, long and short flag names, repeated flags, and custom help messages for Go

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/cattlecloud/babycli
• Owner: cattlecloud
• License: bsd-3-clause
• Created: 2024-07-13T18:39:00.000Z (over 1 year ago)
• Default Branch: main
• Last Pushed: 2025-12-01T10:28:20.000Z (4 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2025-12-03T22:16:52.135Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: cli, command-line, commands, declarative, flags, golang, parser, subcommands
• Language: Go
• Homepage: https://cattlecloud.net/go/babycli
• Size: 52.7 KB
• Stars: 2
• Watchers: 0
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: LICENSE

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# babycli

[![Go Reference](https://pkg.go.dev/badge/cattlecloud.net/go/babycli.svg)](https://pkg.go.dev/cattlecloud.net/go/babycli)

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`babycli` is a modern CLI arguments parser for Go.

### Requirements

The minimum Go version is `go1.23`.

### Getting Started

The `babycli` package can be added to a project with `go get`.

```shell

go get cattlecloud.net/go/babycli@latest

```

```go

import "cattlecloud.net/go/babycli"

```

### Influence

This library was made after many projects of using [urfave/cli](https://github.com/urfave/cli),

one of the better command line parser libraries for Go. `babycli` models itself

after this library but with a cleaner, more robust implementation under the hood.

Credit of inspiration belongs to the authors.

### Experimental

(!) Please note this library is still experimental and being worked on, with

breaking changes being very likely.

### License

The `cattlecloud.net/go/babycli` module is open source under the [BSD](LICENSE) license.