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Thor

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Thor is a toolkit for building powerful command-line interfaces.
Rake

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The APIs are flexible and easy-to-use, supporting authentication, user identity, and complex enterprise features like SSO and SCIM provisioning.

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TTY

7.8 0.0 L5 Main VS TTY

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GLI

6.4 4.1 L3 Main VS GLI

Make awesome command-line applications the easy way
Slop

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Cocaine

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Clamp

4.2 0.0 L5 Main VS Clamp

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Gemsmith

4.1 8.7 Main VS Gemsmith

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Ru

3.9 0.0 L5 Main VS Ru

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3.8 6.1 Main VS dry-cli

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Trollop

3.4 4.9 L4 Main VS Trollop

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command_kit

2.2 8.1 Main VS command_kit

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ScriptCore

1.9 4.0 Main VS ScriptCore

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