Part of PlatformKit — the open-source Go backend for multi-tenant SaaS.
Depends on. pk-modules directly (which brings in pk-core transitively), plus cobra and golang.org/x/mod. explain imports each module package directly so the catalog it prints is sourced from the modules' own constants.

pk-tools provides the shared CLI and terminal-UI primitives for the OSS PlatformKit family: root-command assembly, JSON output helpers, context-aware command visibility, and terminal-aware status and table rendering. It deliberately ships reusable command-shell behavior only — product-specific commands live in downstream applications and compose these packages.
Install
go get github.com/septagon-oss/pk-tools@v0.1.0
Usage
package main
import (
"github.com/septagon-oss/pk-tools/pkg/cliapp"
"github.com/spf13/cobra"
)
func main() {
root := cliapp.NewRoot(cliapp.RootOptions{
Use: "demo",
Short: "Demo CLI built on pk-tools primitives",
Version: "v0.1.0",
Commands: []*cobra.Command{
{Use: "greet", RunE: func(cmd *cobra.Command, _ []string) error {
cmd.Println("hello from pk-tools")
return nil
}},
},
})
if err := cliapp.Execute(root); err != nil {
panic(err)
}
}
Current Surface
pkg/cliapp — root *cobra.Command assembly via NewRoot/RootOptions, Execute, argument helpers (HasArg, ShowAllCommands, AddHiddenBoolFlag), and JSON output helpers (WriteJSON, SortedMapKeys).
pkg/tui — terminal-aware Renderer with Info/Success/Warn/Error status lines, Table rendering, CommandStart banners, and a configurable Palette with NO_COLOR-aware color detection.
pkg/scaffold — governed code generators for modules, entities, features, and projects. Callers provide an explicit import profile and dependency graph; the generator does not emit placeholder capabilities or infer event payload schemas.
cmd/pk — the pk developer CLI (doctor, verify, explain modules) built on these primitives.
Try the pk CLI
go run ./cmd/pk doctor # check that the PlatformKit OSS dev environment is healthy
go run ./cmd/pk verify # run go vet and go test in the current Go module
go run ./cmd/pk explain modules # print the 9-module OSS essentials pack
Verify
make verify # go test + go vet + staticcheck + race
License
Apache-2.0. See LICENSE.