Alternative review

kingpin alternatives

Packages below are ranked as alternatives in the same category. The trigger for this review is limited recent repository activity.

Why review alternatives

kingpin currently has a maintenance score of 15/100.

Latest repository activity: 8 years ago.

Known Go vulnerability records: 0.

Current package

kingpin

Package kingpin provides command line interfaces like this:

Go CLI Frameworks 0 stars 1.5K imported-by 80% confidence

Ranked Alternatives

Go CLI Frameworks

#1 fzf

:cherry_blossom: A command-line fuzzy finder

Go CLI Frameworks 80.6K stars 0 imported-by 100% confidence

#2 urfave/cli

Package cli provides a minimal framework for creating and organizing command line Go applications.

Go CLI Frameworks 24.1K stars 0 imported-by 80% confidence

#3 Cobra

Package cobra is a commander providing a simple interface to create powerful modern CLI interfaces.

Go CLI Frameworks 44.0K stars 0 imported-by 65% confidence

#4 dasel

Unified querying, transformation, and modification of JSON, TOML, YAML, XML, INI, HCL, KDL and CSV.

Go CLI Frameworks 8.0K stars 0 imported-by 45% confidence

#5 gommon/color

Formats and parses numeric byte values (10K, 2M, 3G, etc.).

Go CLI Frameworks 586 stars 1 imported-by 100% confidence

#6 hiboot cli

Package hiboot is a web/cli app application framework

Go CLI Frameworks 179 stars 0 imported-by 100% confidence

How to use this page

Treat alternatives as a shortlist. Check API compatibility, migration effort, project constraints, and your own threat model before replacing a dependency.