Typer
Shares rank 2 of 3 CLI frameworks by recommenders
Python library for building command-line apps, praised for easy setup, FastAPI-style design and clean argument parsing.
Python library for building command-line apps, praised for easy setup, FastAPI-style design and clean argument parsing.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: 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.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Same design as FastAPI
“That's a good framework and I like that the creator took the same design choices as the FastAPI framework.”
Comment from 30 Apr 2026 in “Batteries Included CLI Framework” “A good CLI using FastAPI's `typer` looks a lot like an app too.”
Comment from 24 Apr 2026 in “Why I'm Done Making Desktop Applications”
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 | — | — |
| TyperThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
| Click Python library | 5 | 3 | 63% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“the interface is also nicely discoverable for LLM harnesses to work with”
“It's easy and user-friendly way to build”
“That's a good framework and I like that the creator took the same design choices as the FastAPI framework.”
“A good CLI using FastAPI's `typer` looks a lot like an app too.”
“Typer takes care of the command line parsing”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.