# magmax/python-inquirer

A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces, based on Inquirer.js (https://github.com/SBoudrias/Inquirer.js/)

Repository: https://github.com/magmax/python-inquirer
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/python-inquirer
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2025-11-21T12:04:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 47/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 53, release rhythm 9, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4506, "days_push": 285, "days_rel": 396, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1139, forks 105 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:44.190400+00:00)

## What it is
python-inquirer is a Python library providing a collection of common interactive command line user interfaces, inspired by Inquirer.js. It eases asking end users questions, parsing and validating answers, managing hierarchical prompts, and providing error feedback.

## Use cases
- ask interactive questions in a python cli script
- prompt users for text input with validation on the command line
- build multi-choice and checkbox menus in a terminal app
- collect long-form answers by opening the user's editor
- create hierarchical command line prompts with error feedback

## When to choose
- you are building a Python CLI tool that needs interactive prompts
- you want an Inquirer.js-style prompting experience in Python
- you need answer validation and hierarchical prompt handling out of the box

## When to avoid
- you need robust Windows support, which is only experimental
- you are building a non-Python CLI tool
- you need a full TUI framework with panels and event loops rather than simple prompts

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: cli, gui
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: python, cli, windows
- tags: interactive-prompts, inquirer, terminal-ui, user-input, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- magmax/python-inquirer (main) score 47

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.190400+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:35:52.941302+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/magmax/python-inquirer (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:44.190400+00:00, sha 229c0b664305)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.