---
id: typer-cli
version: "0.24.0"
license: MIT
license_treatment: permissive
maintenance: active
---

# typer-cli — Typer, build great CLIs. Easy to code. Based on Python type hints.

License: permissive · Maintenance: active · Downloads: 78.8K/mo

## What it is and what it does

typer-cli is a deprecated package that serves only as a migration bridge for legacy projects that previously depended on it. It contains no code of its own and simply depends on typer. The package's entire purpose is to allow old projects to update their dependencies without breaking, while guiding them toward installing typer directly instead.

The actual CLI functionality—building command-line applications using Python type hints—lives in typer, not in typer-cli. This package is a hollow redirect and will not receive any future updates or maintenance.

Use it for:

- Updating legacy projects that explicitly depend on typer-cli to migrate them to typer without breaking their build process
- Understanding why typer-cli exists and why it should be removed from new projects in favor of typer
- Maintaining backward compatibility in old dependency specifications while transitioning to the main typer package

## Worth the install?

AI-flagged interpretation of the facts above — verify before relying.

This package is a deprecated migration shim that exists only to redirect users to the main typer package; it has no independent functionality.

No. Do not install this package. The package's own documentation explicitly warns against installation. Install typer instead, which includes all functionality and is actively maintained. This package exists only as a deprecated migration path for old projects and will receive no further updates.

## Install

pip install typer-cli
uv add typer-cli
poetry add typer-cli

## Installing typer-cli

Before you install: Low friction to install, but the package itself is deprecated and no longer maintained. The repository remains active, but this specific package will receive no further updates.

License in practice: MIT license permits free use, modification, and distribution with minimal restrictions, making it safe from a licensing perspective—though the package's deprecated status is the real concern.

Quickstart:

# Do not install typer-cli. Instead:
pip install typer

# Then use typer directly:
import typer

app = typer.Typer()

@app.command()
def hello(name: str):
    print(f"Hello {name}")

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app()

Requires Python >=3.10; this package is explicitly deprecated and should not be used for new projects.

Verify before relying:

- Whether typer is a suitable replacement for existing typer-cli users without code changes
- Timeline for when this package will stop receiving published versions

## Package facts

- License: MIT (permissive)
- Python support: supports_current
- Install friction: low
- Maintenance: active
- Downloads: 78.8K/month (top 15,000 on PyPI)
- Known vulnerabilities: none known

## Tags

typer cli tool, python command line interface, type hints cli builder, cli application framework, python script to cli, deprecated, migration-shim

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