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24 alternatives to Cove – Libraries and CLI's that wrap the go command
[deprecated] Libraries & cli tools wrapping the go command. - MediaMath/cove
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Cove – Libraries and CLI's that wrap the go command launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Tap Tap Tap▲106I’ve been working on a new Go library called Tap: https://github.com/yarlson/tap. It’s a Go port of the TypeScript library Clack https://clack.cc/, bringing its simple, interactive command-line prompts to Go. Why: I often found myself rewriting input handling, spinners, and progress bars when building CLI tools. Existing options in Go felt either too barebones or too heavyweight. Tap aims to provide a middle ground: ergonomic, event-driven prompts with minimal dependencies. What works today: - Text and password input - Confirm and single-select menus…
2024 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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A paste tool written in Golang (plus some API libraries for pastebin like sites). - bearbin/go-paste
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Create a new production-ready project by one CLI command
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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FFmpeg wrapper providing simple, cross-platform Video I/O, GIF Creation, and Webcam Streaming in Go - AlexEidt/Vidio
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A programmatically accessible golang implementation of the *nix `find` command. - jaytaylor/go-find
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Let's Encrypt/ACME client and library written in Go - go-acme/lego
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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GoThrough hosts a searchable index of exported members in the Go standard library and a selection of hosted packages.
2023 · gothrough.dev · its alternatives →
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2016 · fisherman.sh · its alternatives →
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Build cross-platform modern desktop apps in Go + HTML5 - zserge/lorca
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Easily consume REST APIs with Go (golang). Contribute to bndr/gopencils development by creating an account on GitHub.
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I’ve been working on gotui, a modern fork of the unmaintained termui, rebuilt on top of tcell for TrueColor, mouse support, and proper resize handling. It keeps the simple termui-style API, but adds a bunch of new widgets (charts, gauges, world map, etc.), nicer visuals (collapsed borders, rounded corners), and input components for building real dashboards and tools. Under the hood the renderer’s been reworked for much better performance, and I’d love feedback on what’s missing for you to use it in production.
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Documentation for StableLib
2015 · stablelib.com · its alternatives →
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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 · its alternatives →
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Coloured progress-bar for your Golang CLI. Contribute to alexellis/cli-progress-animation development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I created cmd-stream-go, a high-performance client-server library based on the Command Pattern, where Commands are first-class citizens. Why build around Commands? As serializable objects, they can be sent over the network and persisted. They also provide a clean way to model distributed transactions through composition, and naturally support features like Undo and Redo. These qualities make them a great fit for implementing consistency patterns like Saga in distributed systems. On the performance side, sending a Command involves minimal overhead — only its type and data need to be…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A golang library for building interactive and accessible prompts with full support for windows and posix terminals. - AlecAivazis/survey
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A go library for reading and creating ISO9660 images - kdomanski/iso9660
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A full implementation of Go channels as a C library - davekeck/eb_chan
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A GitHub Copilot CLI, written in Go. Contribute to denysvitali/gopilot-cli development by creating an account on GitHub.
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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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 · its alternatives →
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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.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Examples of using native Go plugin, to dynamically extend and patch your Go apps. - go-plugins-template/README.md at master · TykTechnologies/go-plugins-template
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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