{"id":1419,"library":"clickclick","title":"ClickClick Utility Functions","description":"ClickClick (v20.10.2) provides common helper functionality for Click-based Command Line Interfaces (CLIs), such as formatted output (tables, colored messages), terminal diffs, progress bars, and aliased command groups. It is currently in maintenance mode with infrequent releases; the last major release was in October 2020.","status":"maintenance","version":"20.10.2","language":"en","source_language":"en","source_url":"https://github.com/zalando/clickclick","tags":["click","cli","utilities","console-output","formatted-output"],"install":[{"cmd":"pip install clickclick","lang":"bash","label":"Install latest version"}],"dependencies":[{"reason":"Core dependency for building CLIs; provides base functionality.","package":"click","optional":false},{"reason":"Provides Python 2/3 compatibility layer; often redundant for Python 3-only projects.","package":"six","optional":false}],"imports":[{"note":"Common function for printing formatted tables to the console.","symbol":"print_table","correct":"from clickclick import print_table"},{"note":"For printing colored informational messages. Also print_warning, print_error, print_success.","symbol":"print_info","correct":"from clickclick import print_info"},{"note":"Allows defining aliases for Click commands.","symbol":"AliasedGroup","correct":"from clickclick import AliasedGroup"}],"quickstart":{"code":"import click\nfrom clickclick import print_table\n\n@click.command()\ndef main():\n    \"\"\"Example CLI using clickclick's print_table.\"\"\"\n    click.echo(\"Fetching data...\")\n    headers = ['ID', 'Name', 'Status']\n    rows = [\n        {'ID': 1, 'Name': 'Task A', 'Status': 'Done'},\n        {'ID': 2, 'Name': 'Task B', 'Status': 'Pending'},\n        {'ID': 3, 'Name': 'Task C', 'Status': 'Error'}\n    ]\n    print_table(headers, rows, max_column_width=40)\n    click.echo(\"Table printed.\")\n\nif __name__ == '__main__':\n    main()","lang":"python","description":"This quickstart demonstrates how to use `clickclick.print_table` within a simple Click CLI application to output structured data to the console with proper formatting. Run this script as a Python file to see the output."},"warnings":[{"fix":"Be aware that active development is limited. For the latest `click` features or active support, consider other alternatives if `clickclick` utilities don't meet requirements.","message":"ClickClick has been in maintenance mode since its last release in October 2020. While stable, new features for `click` or significant API changes in `click` might not be immediately supported or integrated.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"<=20.10.2"},{"fix":"There is no direct fix for removing `six` as it's a hard dependency, but acknowledge its presence and that it's largely inert for Python 3 environments.","message":"The library depends on `six` for Python 2/3 compatibility. For Python 3-only projects, this dependency is often unnecessary and adds a potentially unused package to your environment.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"<=20.10.2"},{"fix":"Ensure your `click` version is relatively current and compatible with the `clickclick` release. Test your application thoroughly after `click` upgrades. If issues arise, try pinning `click` to a version known to work.","message":"ClickClick does not specify a strict version range for its `click` dependency. While generally robust, this could theoretically lead to compatibility issues with very old or very new `click` versions if `clickclick`'s internal assumptions about `click`'s API diverge.","severity":"gotcha","affected_versions":"All"}],"env_vars":null,"last_verified":"2026-04-09T00:00:00.000Z","next_check":"2026-07-08T00:00:00.000Z"}