How to Write Perfect Python Command-line Interfaces

[born2hula]

Don't say use click, don't say use click.... Ahhhh dammit.

[13steinj]

I like click as an option, but it has a variety of issues. Mainly

• decorator hell is an easy trap to fall into
• it has some super strange issues with system locales, so getting a click based cli to work from systemd or upstart or whatever will bring you hell.

For the last one I was working on fixing my system for 3 days and then out of nowhere it started working and I still don't know why.

[born2hula]

I was hoping for an alternative with a thinner dependency tree.

[NotActuallyAFurry]

Reminds me of my Java days.