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v8.4.1PyPI· Python

Composable command line interface toolkit

The verdict

Safe default. Widely trusted across the ecosystem, actively maintained.

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How it scores

MaintenanceHealthy

PopularityTop 1%

SecurityClean

LicensePermissive

DepsLean

Maintenance

Last published this month.

Popularity

215M downloads / week

Security

No known advisories for this version (OSV).

License

BSD-3-Clause

Dependencies

1 direct dependency

Same concept · CLI argument parsing

For building command-line tools with parsed flags.

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