Command Line Parsers
Apache Commons CLI provides a simple API for presenting, processing, and validating a Command Line Interface.
Last Release on Nov 13, 2025
2.JCommander84 usages
org.jcommander » jcommander Apache
Command line parsing library for Java
Last Release on Oct 5, 2025
3.Picocli1,321 usages
info.picocli » picocli Apache
Java command line parser with both an annotations API and a programmatic API. Usage help with ANSI styles and colors.
Last Release on Apr 19, 2025
4.Clikt41 usages
com.github.ajalt.clikt » clikt Apache
Multiplatform command line interface parsing for Kotlin
Last Release on Jan 16, 2026
6.Decline88 usages
com.monovore » decline Apache
Composable command-line parsing for Scala
Last Release on Apr 4, 2026
7.Airline Library55 usages
com.github.rvesse » airline Apache
Java library provided an annotation-based framework for parsing Git like command line structures
Last Release on Jul 17, 2026
8.JCommander1,504 usages
com.beust » jcommander Apache
Command line parsing library for Java
Last Release on Jan 11, 2022
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