# stricli Zero dependency CLIs with type safety. Source: [Console review]() Website: [https://bloomberg.github.io/stricli/]() Profile updated: 2026-10-16 Category: [Terminal utilities]() ## Supported tech stack Research checked: 2026-10-11 ### Integrates with - TypeScript (Language) Source: [Research source]() Documented compatibility; coverage may be incomplete. Written in describes implementation, not user-project language support. Command-line parser provides end-to-end TypeScript argument and flag typing. ## Console’s review — 2024-10-10 Reviewed: 2024-10-10 Author: [David Mytton]() Citation: [This review]() ### What we like Framework for building CLIs where commands are just functions. Type safe named flags and positional arguments using TypeScript. Helpers to build command routing & shell autocomplete. Good security defaults with isolated contexts - CLIs don’t need lots of runtime permissions. Works with CommonJS and ESM. ### Tradeoffs Writes directly to stdout (or stderr) which means logging is difficult to implement. Additional libraries are needed for more advanced output formatting. This review reflects Console’s assessment at publication on 2024-10-10. Features and limitations may have changed since the review date. ## Is stricli a fit? Based on [Console’s review published on 2024-10-10](). Summary updated: 2026-10-16 ### Who it’s for Developers building command-line interfaces should consider this tool ### Why consider it It provides type safety for named flags and positional arguments using TypeScript ### Keep in mind It has limited output formatting capabilities and can make logging difficult to implement [Selection criteria]() · [About Console]() · [Browse tools]()