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kylef/Commander

Compose beautiful command line interfaces in Swift observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/kylef/Commander · Swift · BSD-3-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

23/100

  • Activity 0
  • Release rhythm 8
  • Longevity 100
How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 4442
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 1621
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

1535 stars · 84 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Commander is a small Swift framework for composing command line interfaces in a type-safe, composable way. It handles argument parsing, conversion, option descriptors, and auto-generated help for Swift CLI tools.

Use cases

  • build a CLI tool in Swift
  • parse command line arguments with type safety
  • create grouped subcommands like git-style CLIs
  • auto-generate help text from argument descriptions
  • define options with default values for a command

When to choose

  • you are writing a command line tool in Swift
  • you want composable, type-safe argument handling
  • you need grouped subcommands and auto-generated help

When to avoid

  • you need a Swift argument parser with active maintenance and newer Swift features
  • your project is not in Swift
  • you need advanced parsing features like shell completion generation

Facets

library · maturity maintenance

cli developer-tools developer-tools argument-parsing command-line-interface type-safe-arguments command-line macos linux swift

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kylef/Commandermain23

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