Click
Python package for composing command-line interfaces with decorators.
Used in agent projects
223
1.8% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#11 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
219M
PyPI, last 7 days, click
GitHub stars
17.8K
last push Oct 6, 2026
How Click is used
Click is a dependency in 223 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (1.8%), #11 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use python-dotenv (66.4%), Pydantic (65.5%), Requests (62.8%). It is more common in projects set up for Roo Code (6.2%) than for Devin Desktop (1.8%).
Often used with Click
| python-dotenv | 66.4% of Click projects · 10.2× more than average |
|---|---|
| Pydantic | 65.5% of Click projects · 12.8× more than average |
| Requests | 62.8% of Click projects · 11.8× more than average |
| PyYAML | 54.3% of Click projects · 17.9× more than average |
| urllib3 | 48.0% of Click projects · 31.6× more than average |
| Rich | 47.5% of Click projects · 24.8× more than average |
| AnyIO | 47.5% of Click projects · 32.4× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 2.8% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 2.6% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 2.6% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 2.9% of projects set up for it |
| Gemini CLI | 2.3% of projects set up for it |
| Roo Code | 6.2% of projects set up for it |
| Devin Desktop | 1.8% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Click as a dependency.
Install
| Package | pip install click |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | Python (218), Next.js (4), Other (1) |
| Example projects | dramaclaw/dramaclaw, Kaggle/kaggle-environments, zilliztech/mcp-server-milvus, twjackysu/TWSEMCPServer, owid/etl |
Alternatives to Click
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dotenv npm Load environment variables from .env files into process.env. |
2,001 (15.8%) | 189M | 20.5K | BSD-2-Clause |
| python-dotenv pypi Load environment variables from .env files in Python applications. |
828 (6.5%) | 156M | 8,898 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Husky npm Modern Git hooks manager for running tasks on git events. |
797 (6.3%) | 36.2M | 35.3K | MIT |
| lint-staged npm Run linters on git staged files to catch issues before commit. |
591 (4.7%) | 29.5M | 14.7K | MIT |
| concurrently npm Run multiple npm scripts concurrently for efficient development workflows. |
572 (4.5%) | 22.2M | 7,856 | MIT |
| cross-env npm Set environment variables across Windows, Mac and Linux in npm scripts. |
265 (2.1%) | 25.8M | 6,521 | MIT |
| Pydantic Settings pypi Settings management and configuration from environment variables using Pydantic. |
251 (2.0%) | 96.8M | 1,475 | — |
| Rich pypi Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in terminal output. |
243 (1.9%) | 117M | 57.5K | MIT |