Everyone shipped MCP servers last year, then the benchmarks showed agents preferred a plain CLI.
So now everyone's building CLIs again:
› Supabase
› Vercel
› Stripe
...and the list goes on.
Here's the thing most Flutter devs don't realize:
you can build one in Dart.
You don't need to reach for Go, Rust or Node.
I built one for Dartblaze, learned where it's dead simple and where it genuinely bites, and wrote the whole thing up.
The thread discusses the resurgence of CLI tools, highlighting Dart's capability to build them. The author shares their experience building a CLI for Dartblaze and plans to update their article with new information. Other users comment on the trend and mention related tools.
ONo mention of https://nocterm.dev/ ? Guess that’s TUI not CLI
It would still be considered a CLI tool, but I wasn't aware this existed (as you can notice). I wrote Dartblaze CLI in late 2024, early 2025. Nocterm must have come to the scene after Q1 2025.
I'll add a note to the article later today!
Feels like CLIs are having a weird comeback because they’re predictable, composable, and AI agents handle them surprisingly well compared to complex GUIs.