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Products that do what CLI Mate: autogenerate CLIs from Golang structs / functions does

With support for nested subcommands, global / local flags, help generation from godocs, typo suggestions, shell completion and more. Inspired by python-fire and powered by Cobra.

1. 1
   Gowebly▲130

   A next-generation CLI tool to build web apps easier

   2024

2. 2
   Create Go App▲94

   Create a new production-ready project by one CLI command

   2021

3. 3CF
   CLI for executing code in many different languages with Docker▲64

   2015 · docker-exec.github.io

4. 4IB
   I built a tool that turns any API into a CLI for agents▲6

   TLDR; I built a tool that turns any API into a CLI designed for ai agents --- Got tired of dealing with bloated context windows from MCP servers and skills that stuff entire API docs into the agent's context CLIs fix this, agents run a single command to self-discover everything an API has to offer So, built a tool to generate them for any api. All CLIs are written in Go, fast and lightweight, no dependencies Help text (via the --help flag) is the killer feature: all context for each command/endpoint/parameter is extracted directly from the user-facing API docs and enhanced with…

   Mar 2026 · instantcli.com

5. 5FB
   FastAPI: build Python APIs with Go-like speed and automatic UI docs▲88

   2019 · fastapi.tiangolo.com

6. 6OS
   Open-Sourced AI CLI Tool▲9

   I’ve been working on Code2Docs, an open-source CLI tool that helps developers automatically generate inline documentation (docstrings + comments) for Python code using AI. It’s built to solve a common problem I’ve faced (and seen often in teams): We code by "vibe" — fast iterations, minimal docs, and then forget what the logic was months later. Code2Docs helps bridge that gap by documenting as you go — without breaking your flow. Right now it supports function-level documentation. Planned features include: - README.md generation for projects - API endpoint docs - Database schema…

   2025 · code2docs-open-source.netlify.app

7. 7CF
   CLI for trying out Node.js modules easier▲58

   2016 · github.com

8. 8GI
   Go Internals Part 1: Autogenerated functions (how to get rid of them)▲12

   2017 · blog.minio.io

9. 9CP
   CLI Pastebin Tool in Go▲18

   2014 · github.com

10. 10UA
    UpgradeCLI: A Go pkg to add an upgrade sub-command to your CLI▲6

    I think it's a nice DX when CLI's add an `upgrade` sub-command and present users with a simple and automatic way of updating to the newest version. That's why I built UpgradeCLI. Any Go cli can adopt it and have a working upgrade sub-command in a matter of minutes. Let me know what y'all think.

    2024 · github.com

11. 11GN
    Go-nagini fluent wrapper for Cobra▲8

    I've created this library to make usage of Cobra (the famous Go CLI lib) more fluent and also make better use of Go generics when registering command flags. I'd appreciate feedback on the README and if you'd consider using such a wrapper. Also tell me if you think that fluent API reads well. If everything goes well, I'm planning to release a v1 soon! This depends on if I can implement a missing feature of elegantly defining mutually exclusive flags.

    2025 · github.com

12. 12CO
    Clai – OpenAI models brought to the terminal▲9

    Supports text and image generation. For text generation you can query, chat or enter a glob + a query. For any of the commands xargs-like argument replacement can be used. It's written using only go's standard library (plus go experimental, within my boilerplate package)

    2024 · github.com

13. 13CL
    Cove – Libraries and CLI's that wrap the go command▲9

    2015 · github.com

14. 14RB
    Rust built open-sourced CLI tool for API specification validation▲23

    2022 · github.com

15. 15BG
    Boilerplate generator for Python 2 and 3, with various configurations▲12

    2017 · python-boilerplate.com

16. 16AG
    Auto-Generate Python REST API Clients Using OpenAPI Generator▲5

    Hi all, We've refactored the Python client generator in OpenAPI Generator(http://github.com/openapitools/openapi-generator). To give it a try, please follow 3 simple steps below: 1. Download the Java JAR: https://oss.sonatype.org/content/repositories/snapshots/org/openapitools/openapi-generator-cli/6.3.0-SNAPSHOT/openapi-generator-cli-6.3.0-20221217.085631-50.jar 2. Rename the JAR as "openapi-generator-cli.jar" 3. Execute the following command to run the generator for the PetStore API:…

    2022

17. 17AC
    Autowrap C functions at runtime for the Python/C API▲7

    2012 · github.com

18. 18DG
    Dgw generates Golang struct, and simple functions from PostgreSQL▲6

    2016 · github.com

19. 19CA
    Chilli – A lightweight microframework for CLIs in Zig▲7

    I've made an open-source microframework for creating command-line (CLI) applications in the Zig programming language. It's called Chilli, and it currently provides the following features: - A declarative API for defining nested commands, flags, and positional arguments. - Type-safe parsing of arguments from the command line and environment variables. - Automatic generation of formatted `--help` and `--version` output. - Support for command aliases, persistent flags, and other common CLI patterns. You can find the project on GitHub: https://github.com/habedi/chilli

    2025

20. 20GG
    Generates Golang client and server based on Swagger definitions▲5

    2020 · github.com

21. 21AN
    A Node.js CLI tool to generate ai.txt, llms.txt, robots.txt, humans.txt▲7

    Oct 2025 · npmjs.com

22. 22IB
    I built a parser and lexer generator for Go▲5

    Lox is a parser and lexer generator for Go. Heavily inspired on ANTLR on the surface (combined parser and lexer, action code separated from grammar), but more similar to yacc on the internals (LR(1), dependency-free parser). I'm especially proud of the type-safe Go action generation where the reduce-artifact's Go type is determined by the user-action's return type, and then used to match and verify its use in other productions.

    2025 · dcaiafa.github.io

23. 23SA
    Shifu – A pure POSIX shell framework to create powerful CLIs▲7

    The startup I work for has an internal, bash-based, cli that basically amounts to shared aliases with a common entrypoint. As the number of aliases has grown, I've had a desire to group functionality together in subcommands, add more help strings, and have better tab completion. I know I could convert it to, e.g., a python script, but I was curious what was possible if we continued to use bash. I couldn't find anything that solved those problems without lots of extra machinery. I understand why, shell scripts are generally not long, and focused on a dedicated task; adding cli features to…

    Mar 2026 · github.com

24. 24AD
    A daemon package for use with Go (golang)▲6

    2014 · github.com

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