---
id: questionary
version: "2.1.1"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# questionary — Python library to build pretty command line user prompts ⭐️

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Popularity: top 1,000 on PyPI

## Install

pip install questionary
uv add questionary
poetry add questionary

## Description

# Questionary

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✨ Questionary is a Python library for effortlessly building pretty command line interfaces ✨

* [Features](#features)
* [Installation](#installation)
* [Usage](#usage)
* [Documentation](#documentation)
* [Support](#support)


![Example](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tmbo/questionary/master/docs/images/example.gif)

```python3
import questionary

questionary.text("What's your first name").ask()
questionary.password("What's your secret?").ask()
questionary.confirm("Are you...

## AI interpretation — verify before relying

Questionary builds interactive command-line prompts and forms with minimal code, supporting text input, selections, checkboxes, passwords, and confirmations through a clean Python API.

Verdict: Questionary is a well-maintained, permissively licensed library for building polished CLI prompts with minimal dependencies. No known vulnerabilities, active development, and top-1000 PyPI popularity make it a solid choice for interactive command-line applications.

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