CLI - Command Line Interface library

ITGlobal.CLI is a powerful library to build used-friendly command-line applications.

Features

Cross-platform

ITGlobal CLI supports:

• .NET 4.5
• .NET Core (netstandard2.0)

It runs on Windows, Linux or MacOS.

Core features

• Colored console output
• Ctrl+C/SIGINT interceptor
• Unified error handling
• No-Colors mode

Command line parser

• Switches
• Options
• Positional arguments
• Commands (including nested commands)
• Value parsers
• Built-in help
• Parser configuration options

ASCII tables

• Data-driven tables
• Free-format (fluent) tables

Terminal live output

• Live text
• Spinner
• Progress bar

Installing

All you need is to install a ITGlobal.CLI NuGet package into your project:

Using dotnet CLI

dotnet add package ITGlobal.CLI

Using Package Manager Console in Visual Studio

Install-Package ITGlobal.CLI

Manually in .csproj file

<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">

  <!-- ... -->

  <ItemGroup>
    <PackageReference Include="ITGlobal.CLI" Version="3.0.29" />
  </ItemGroup>

  <!-- ... -->
</Project>