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What is Cobra?

An open-source CLI framework that enables developers to build production-grade command-line applications with sophisticated command architecture, intelligent flag parsing, and enterprise features built-in. Battle-tested by over 173,000 projects including Kubernetes, Docker, and GitHub CLI.

Independently observed

Cobra pricing

We don't have Cobra'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
Platforms
  • CLI
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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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 Cobra, not the verdict.

Balanced composite 47 / 100
low · 24%updating
Signal contributions to the composite score
SignalScoreWeightContributionEvidence
Dependent projects840.065.3
Price level1000.055.2
Security score620.042.6
Stars880.032.3
Pricing transparency250.082.1
Release cadence380.052.0
Reliability00.070.0-
Capabilities00.080.0-
Integrations00.090.0-
Development activity00.090.0
Security posture00.070.0-
Package downloads00.140.0-
Developer Q&A activity00.060.0-

Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.

All data & sourcesshow ↓

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 30d0mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 65%

Adoption

AttributeValueEvidence
Github stars44,513highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
Dependent repos109,476highsource · 2026-08-26 · 85%

Language

AttributeValueEvidence
PrimaryGohighsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%

License

AttributeValueEvidence
SpdxApache-2.0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 95%

Market

AttributeValueEvidence
AvailabilityHqCountry: US · PrimaryMarkets: … · 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 days112mediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%
History20 itemsmediumsource · 2026-08-26 · 70%

Security

AttributeValueEvidence
Scorecard6.2highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%
VulnerabilitiesCount: 0 · Source: https://advisories.ecosyste.ms/api/v1/advisories?ecosystem=go&package_name=github.com%2Fspf13%2Fcobra&per_page=100 · Last 12m: 0highsource · 2026-08-26 · 90%