# tmbo/questionary

Python library to build pretty command line user prompts ✨Easy to use multi-select lists, confirmations, free text prompts ...

Repository: https://github.com/tmbo/questionary
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/questionary
Language: Python
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-08-18T10:53:20+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 76/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2832, "days_push": 15, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2166, forks 117 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:21.328908+00:00)

## What it is
Questionary is a Python library for building pretty, interactive command line user prompts such as text inputs, passwords, confirmations, select lists, checkboxes, and autocomplete. It offers a simple, chainable API on top of prompt_toolkit for creating polished CLI interfaces.

## Use cases
- ask users interactive questions in a python cli tool
- build a multi-select checkbox list on the command line
- prompt for a password with hidden input in python
- create a confirmation yes/no prompt in a script
- let users select from a list of options in a terminal app
- prompt for a file path with autocompletion
- build interactive setup wizards for python packages

## When to choose
- you are building a Python CLI tool that needs interactive user input
- you want pretty, ready-made prompts like selects, checkboxes, and password fields with minimal code
- you want a simple, well-documented alternative to inquirer-style libraries in Python

## When to avoid
- you need a full TUI framework with windows, panes, and event loops (use Textual or urwid)
- your project is not in Python
- you only need simple positional arguments or flags rather than interactive prompts (use argparse or click)

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

## Member repositories
- tmbo/questionary (main) score 76

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.328908+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 2026-08-30T02:49:57.685369+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/tmbo/questionary (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:21.328908+00:00, sha 7e5af1fc9cd4)
  - registry_pypi: https://pypi.org/pypi/questionary/json (fetched 2026-08-29T10:29:45.078487+00:00, sha 33cd64b2ce9a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.