daniele77/cli

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1359 stars · 152 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

A cross-platform, header-only C++14 library for building interactive command line interfaces with menus, submenus, history, and TAB autocompletion in a Cisco-style shell. It supports local and remote (telnet via asio) sessions with an async interface and colored output.

Use cases

• build an interactive shell for an embedded or network device
• add a Cisco-style command line menu to a C++ application
• expose a telnet remote console for managing a service
• implement command autocompletion and persistent history in a CLI
• create nested menus and submenus for a terminal application

When to choose

• you need an interactive, menu-driven command line in modern C++
• you want a header-only dependency with no build complexity
• you need remote telnet sessions with async I/O
• you want cross-platform support for Linux and Windows

When to avoid

• you only need simple argument parsing for one-shot commands (use a CLI arg parser instead)
• you need a full TUI with windows and widgets (use ncurses or FTXUI)
• your project is not C++ or predates C++14

Facets

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cli parser terminal-ui developer-tools cross-platform windows cpp cross-platform header-only interactive-cli cisco-style telnet autocompletion c++14 command-line linux macos

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