Welcome to urfave/cli by urfave
A declarative, simple, fast, and fun package for building command line tools in Go
About Welcome to urfave/cli
From the project's README at github.com/urfave/cli. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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urfave/cli is a declarative, simple, fast, and fun package for building command line tools in Go featuring: commands and subcommands with alias and prefix match support flexible and permissive help system dynamic shell completion for , , , and no dependencies except Go standard library input flags for simple types, slices of simple types, time, duration, and others compound short flag support ( can be shortened to ) documentation generation in and Markdown (supported via the [][urfave/cli-docs] module) input lookup from: environment variables plain text files structured file formats (supported via the [][urfave/cli-altsrc] module) Documentation
See the hosted documentation website at . Contents of this website are built from the [](./docs) directory. Support
Check the [Q&A discussions]. If you don't find answer to your question, [create a new discussion].
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 24k | github.com/urfave/cli |
| GitHub forks | 1.8k | github.com/urfave/cli |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 12.8 years | since Jul 2013 |
| Last commit | 3 days ago | May 3, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 167 | last: 1 months ago |
| Security policy | SECURITY.md | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
Ready to self-host Welcome to urfave/cli?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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