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 # CLI11
 
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 CLI11 provides all the features you expect in a powerful command line parser, with a beautiful, minimal syntax and no dependencies beyond C++11. It is header only, and comes in a single file form for easy inclusion in projects. It is easy to use for small projects, but powerful enough for complex command line projects, and can be customized for frameworks.
 It is tested on [Travis with a suite of tests](https://travis-ci.org/henryiii/CLI11), and is being included in the [GooFit GPU fitting framework](https://github.com/GooFit/GooFit). It was inspired by [`plumbum.cli`](http://plumbum.readthedocs.io/en/latest/) for Python. It has both a user friendly introduction here, as well as [API documentation](https://henryiii.github.io/CLI11/index.html) generated by Travis.