A pure golang implementation that provide most of features in GNU-Readline under MIT license.

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• urfave/cli

  9.8 9.1 readline VS urfave/cli

  A small package for building command line apps in Go.

• kingpin

  8.9 4.3 readline VS kingpin

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• The Platinum Searcher

  8.8 0.0 readline VS The Platinum Searcher

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• go-flags

  8.5 2.2 readline VS go-flags

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• Dnote

  8.4 7.6 readline VS Dnote

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• pflag

  8.2 1.8 readline VS pflag

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• docopt.go

  7.9 0.0 readline VS docopt.go

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• mitchellh/cli

  7.7 2.7 readline VS mitchellh/cli

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• cli-init

  7.6 0.0 readline VS cli-init

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• liner

  7.4 0.7 readline VS liner

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• complete

  7.2 2.0 readline VS complete

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• mow.cli

  7.2 4.1 readline VS mow.cli

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• flaggy

  7.1 5.4 readline VS flaggy

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• cli

  6.9 1.6 readline VS cli

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• ops

  6.5 7.6 readline VS ops

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• argparse

  5.8 5.6 readline VS argparse

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• climax

  5.3 0.0 readline VS climax

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• sflags

  4.7 0.0 readline VS sflags

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• wmenu

  4.7 2.9 readline VS wmenu

  An easy to use menu structure for cli applications that prompts users to make choices.

• commandeer

  4.6 3.9 readline VS commandeer

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• 1build

  4.6 5.9 readline VS 1build

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• flag

  4.5 3.9 readline VS flag

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• ukautz/clif

  4.4 0.0 readline VS ukautz/clif

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• job

  3.7 4.4 readline VS job

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• calories

  3.3 0.0 readline VS calories

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• gocmd

  3.3 0.0 readline VS gocmd

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• wlog

  3.0 1.4 readline VS wlog

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• clîr

  3.0 5.8 readline VS clîr

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• cmdr

  2.9 9.5 readline VS cmdr

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• strumt

  2.9 3.6 readline VS strumt

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• flagvar

  2.6 2.5 readline VS flagvar

  A collection of flag argument types for Go's standard flag package.

• go-getoptions

  2.2 7.1 readline VS go-getoptions

  Go option parser inspired on the flexibility of Perl’s GetOpt::Long.

• go-commander

  2.0 1.1 readline VS go-commander

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• go-cli

  1.9 3.1 readline VS go-cli

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• argv

  1.5 2.7 readline VS argv

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• sand

  1.3 0.0 readline VS sand

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• ts

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• multi-tailf

  0.4 0.0 readline VS multi-tailf

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• Go-Console

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• hiboot cli

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