CLI Tools

Discussions center on command-line interface (CLI) tools, including their desirability, development, comparisons to GUIs, and resources for building them.

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deknos Feb 27, 2021 View on HN

i meant a cli tool :D but thanks

anegri May 17, 2020 View on HN

Could you elaborate? I understand it's pretty niche, but not sure why it is terrible to have a cli for it?

manojlds Mar 14, 2017 View on HN

I'm interested in building CLIs with this.

nerdponx Dec 12, 2017 View on HN

What's wrong with CLI tools?

enobrev Mar 8, 2016 View on HN

I like the idea. I'm surprised there isn't a CLI for it.

ColanR Jun 26, 2020 View on HN

So you do or you don't want a CLI tool?

avoidwork Apr 7, 2017 View on HN

i can't even; there's better ways to do cli.

cheesyFishes Sep 7, 2025 View on HN

Thanks!Seems like CLI tools are all the rage these days

Cloudef Nov 17, 2020 View on HN

What's so hard about the CLI?

_frkl Feb 15, 2020 View on HN

This is pretty impressive. Are there builds for a cli?