Click Python library
Shares rank 2 of 3 CLI frameworks by recommenders
Recommended as an easy, user-friendly way to build command-line tools, helping people focus on design before implementing.
Recommended as an easy, user-friendly way to build command-line tools, helping people focus on design before implementing.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 3
- approval share
- 63%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.6 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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Other CLI frameworks people recommend
The two most recommended other CLI frameworks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| clap (Rust crate) | 9 | 4 | 69% | 9 | — | — |
| Click Python libraryThis page | 5 | 3 | 63% | 3 | — | — |
| Typer | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
All 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“it helps me to focus on design before implementing”
“It's easy and user-friendly way to build”
“This movie hit harder than my highest expectations from an Adam Sandler movie.”
“This one isn't detected... On neither Firefox nor Chromium.”
“This brings me back to the glory days of StumbleUpon.”
“When I was building apps with Click, the startup time gets really slow.”
“they save me just a little extra work at the cost of having to remember it's there forever”
“Is "Click" the most prescient movie on what it means to be human in the age of AI?”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.