Batteries Included CLI Framework I've been looking for a "batteries included" CLI framework that besides the usual argument and flag parsing also provides telemetry, auth, release pipeline, testing utils, ... but couldn't find anything like that. As CLIs are becoming more popular it seems that these problems will be more and more common. Is anyone aware of a service that provides those features out-of-the-box? I'm thinking about something like stainless.com but for CLIs instead of SDKs. |
It's extensible by design, and you can test single commands atomically.
I think there's a good opportunity for it to become the Next.js/Vercel of CLIs.
It has pretty much everything you're looking for. Feel free to ask me any question. I maintained the project for several years
What I was looking for is something like a framework + service. Imagine the equivalent of netx.js + vercel but for CLIs instead of for full stack apps. oclif seems to be only a great framework afaik.
as usage of CLIs increases I wonder whether there will be a need for a service that provides everything that developers of CLIs need (auth, telemetry, releases, ...). Something like what Vercel is today for full stack apps. Are you aware of anything along those lines?
For Node, Oclif for sure! Covers plugins, auto-update, and some telemetry hooks... I think the closest thing that you are looking for.
Although I think a type-safe language is a better fit for CLIs, to let coding agents iterate faster and have less runtime bugs (help messages not updated, unknown flags, etc.)