Ask HN: Favorite cross platform lang/framework for command line apps?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20141052

by eterps • 7 years ago

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holografix• 7 years ago

Oclif https://github.com/oclif/oclif

Disclaimer: I work for Heroku but have no association with the development of this tool.

eterps• 7 years ago

Thanks haven't heard of this one before.

Foober223• 7 years ago

command line? C/C++. Compiling separately for each environment is the best kind of cross platform for the end user.

stephenr• 7 years ago

Shell.

I’m keen to try D too, just need to find a project where I have enough time to learn without holding up something important.

verdverm• 7 years ago

Cobra / Viper in Golang, also goreleaser

karmakaze• 7 years ago

OT: I wouldn't generally call command line tools or utilities apps.

fucking_tragedy2• 7 years ago

App is late 2010s for any kind of program that runs on a computer.

fucking_tragedy2• 7 years ago

Python 3 + click[1].

[1] https://click.palletsprojects.com/en/7.x/

syspro• 7 years ago

C, C++, Rust? For C++ you have Poco, Folly etc. There are tons of frameworks in C++ out there that will help you write command line apps.

Jugurtha• 7 years ago

Language: Python

Library: Click

sethammons• 7 years ago

I don't use a framework, but Go. Set an environment variable to get a binary for a different platform. Ex: I code on a Mac. 'go build' makes a binary. If I want a Linux executable: 'GOOS=linux go build'. Just as easy for Windows.