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What is Click?

A Python library that simplifies creating command-line applications by automating help page generation and supporting composable command structures with nested commands.

Independently observed

Click pricing

We don't have Click's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.

Platform & deployment

Independently observed
Deployment
  • Self-hosted

Security & compliance

Known vulnerabilities: 0 (0 in the last 12 months) sourcea count reflects scale & disclosure, not quality

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Compare Click

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The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence

Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Click, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 65 / 100
low · 24%updating
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Dependent projects920.065.8
Price level1000.055.2
Release cadence840.054.4
Development activity430.094.0
Security score740.043.1
Stars800.032.1
Pricing transparency250.082.1
Reliability00.070.0-
Capabilities00.080.0-
Integrations00.090.0-
Security posture00.070.0-
Package downloads00.140.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.060.0-

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Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.

Activity

AttributeValueEvidence
Commits last 30d22mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars17,635highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
Dependent repos316,082highsource · 2026-08-26 · 85%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryPythonhighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxBSD-3-Clausehighsource · 2026-08-26 · 95%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityPrimaryMarkets: … · AvailabilityScope: global · AvailableCountries: … · NotAvailableCountries: …highsource · 2026-08-18 · 75%

Pricing

AttributeValueEvidence
Free tierYesmediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60%
Price levelfreemediumsource · 2026-08-18 · 60%
Modelcommerciallowsource · 2026-08-26 · 40%

Release

AttributeValueEvidence
Cadence days29mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Scorecard7.4highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=pypi&package_name=click&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%