Moderncli is a package to collect and centralize testing for many of my inline C++ header libraries which I used to duplicate or vendor in other packages. These headers are being gathered under a common package that can then be installed and used as a core dependency. Hence, one interpretation for this package is "Modern C++" Library Interfaces. Moderncli is meant to support C++ 17 or later.
Most moderncli headers are meant to be usable stand-alone and provide generic cross-platform low level wrappers around common system features. This makes it easier to include just what you need without drawing in additional headers you may not be using. This also makes it easy to substitute other common C++ libraries without having to include duplication functionality from moderncli.
Moderncli requires CMake to build. It should build and work with GCC (9 or later), with Clang (14? or later), and MSVC. Besides GNU/Linux and BSD systems, Moderncli is portable to and can support the MingW platform target as installed by Debian when selecting posix runtime, and even native MS Visual Studio builds. The minimum requirement is a C++17 compiler (or later) that supports the C++ filesystem header and runtime library.
Moderncli and applications also often make use of the C++ library libfmt. This is preferred over the use of std::format because it is much smaller when used in multiple applications as a shared library, which std::format does not support, and it is better optimized. However if you do not use the Moderncli print.hpp header in your own applications you do not require libfmt either.
Moderncli also uses openssl for crypto operations and any crypto related headers. Generally it should only require libcrypto from openssl. In addition, C++ thread support may have to be enabled to use C++ thread operations. The cmake/features.cmake file shows how to test for and enable these dependencies correctly from CMake.
Distributions of this package are provided as detached source tarballs made from a tagged release from our internal source repository. These stand-alone detached tarballs can be used to make packages for many GNU/Linux systems, and for BSD ports. They may also be used to build and install the software directly on a target platform.
The latest release source tarball is found at https://www.tychosoft.com/tychosoft/-/packages/generic/moderncli which provides access to past releases as well.
This project is offered as free (as in freedom) software for public use and has a public home page at https://www.tychosoft.com/tychosoft/moderncli which has an issue tracker where people can submit public bug reports, and a wiki for hosting project documentation. We are not maintaining a public git repo nor do we have any production or development related resources hosted on external sites. Patches may be submitted and attached to an issue in the issue tracker. Support requests and other kinds of inquiries may also be sent privately thru email to tychosoft@gmail.com. Other details about participation may be found in the Contributing page.
There are testing programs for each header. These run simple tests that will be expanded to improve code coverage over time. The test programs are the only built target making this library by itself, and the test programs in this package work with the cmake ctest framework. They may also be used as simple examples of how a given header works. There is also a lint target that can be used to verify code changes.