Python library to build pretty command line user prompts ✨Easy to use multi-select lists, confirmations, free text prompts ...
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✨ Questionary is a Python library for effortlessly building pretty command line interfaces ✨

import questionary
questionary.text("What's your first name").ask()
questionary.password("What's your secret?").ask()
questionary.confirm("Are you amazed?").ask()
questionary.select(
"What do you want to do?",
choices=["Order a pizza", "Make a reservation", "Ask for opening hours"],
).ask()
questionary.rawselect(
"What do you want to do?",
choices=["Order a pizza", "Make a reservation", "Ask for opening hours"],
).ask()
questionary.checkbox(
"Select toppings", choices=["foo", "bar", "bazz"]
).ask()
questionary.path("Path to the projects version file").ask()
Used and supported by
Questionary supports the following input prompts:
There is also a helper to print formatted text for when you want to spice up your printed messages a bit.
Use the package manager pip to install Questionary:
pip install questionary
✨🎂✨
import questionary
questionary.select(
"What do you want to do?",
choices=[
'Order a pizza',
'Make a reservation',
'Ask for opening hours'
]).ask() # returns value of selection
That's all it takes to create a prompt! Have a look at the documentation for some more examples.
Documentation for Questionary is available here.
Please open an issue with enough information for us to reproduce your problem. A minimal, reproducible example would be very helpful.
Contributions are very much welcomed and appreciated. Head over to the documentation on how to contribute.
Questionary is written and maintained by Tom Bocklisch and Kian Cross.
It is based on the great work by Oyetoke Toby and Mark Fink.
Licensed under the MIT License. Copyright 2021 Tom Bocklisch.
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Python library to build pretty command line user prompts ✨Easy to use multi-select lists, confirmations, free text prompts ...
Python
2,184
643 commits
updated Aug 18, 2026
✨ Questionary is a Python library for effortlessly building pretty command line interfaces ✨

import questionary
questionary.text("What's your first name").ask()
questionary.password("What's your secret?").ask()
questionary.confirm("Are you amazed?").ask()
questionary.select(
"What do you want to do?",
choices=["Order a pizza", "Make a reservation", "Ask for opening hours"],
).ask()
questionary.rawselect(
"What do you want to do?",
choices=["Order a pizza", "Make a reservation", "Ask for opening hours"],
).ask()
questionary.checkbox(
"Select toppings", choices=["foo", "bar", "bazz"]
).ask()
questionary.path("Path to the projects version file").ask()
Used and supported by
Questionary supports the following input prompts:
There is also a helper to print formatted text for when you want to spice up your printed messages a bit.
Use the package manager pip to install Questionary:
pip install questionary
✨🎂✨
import questionary
questionary.select(
"What do you want to do?",
choices=[
'Order a pizza',
'Make a reservation',
'Ask for opening hours'
]).ask() # returns value of selection
That's all it takes to create a prompt! Have a look at the documentation for some more examples.
Documentation for Questionary is available here.
Please open an issue with enough information for us to reproduce your problem. A minimal, reproducible example would be very helpful.
Contributions are very much welcomed and appreciated. Head over to the documentation on how to contribute.
Questionary is written and maintained by Tom Bocklisch and Kian Cross.
It is based on the great work by Oyetoke Toby and Mark Fink.
Licensed under the MIT License. Copyright 2021 Tom Bocklisch.
(top 24 of 25)
108 followers · starred Mar 2025
393 followers · starred Jan 2019
125 followers · starred Oct 2023
130 followers · starred Jan 2019