Typer is a library for building CLI applications that users will love using and developers will love creating.
It’s based on Python type hints.
Typer is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Intuitive to write: Great editor support. Completion everywhere. Less time debugging. Designed to be easy to use and learn. Less time reading docs.
- Easy to use: It’s easy to use for the final users. Automatic help, and automatic completion for all shells.
- Short: Minimize code duplication. Multiple features from each parameter declaration. Fewer bugs.
- Start simple: The simplest example adds only 2 lines of code to your app: 1 import, 1 function call.
- Grow large: Grow in complexity as much as you want, create arbitrarily complex trees of commands and groups of subcommands, with options and arguments.
Website: typer.tiangolo.com
Support: Tutorial, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Sebastián Ramírez
License: MIT License
Typer is written in Python. Learn Python with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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