---
name: "cobra"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "cobra"
version: "1.1.2-1+b5"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/cobra"
---

# cobra(1)

A generator for Cobra based Applications

## NAME

cobra - A generator for Cobra based Applications

## SYNOPSIS

**cobra** \[OPTIONS\]

## DESCRIPTION

Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications. This application is a tool to generate the needed files to quickly create a Cobra application.

## OPTIONS

**-a**, **--author**="YOUR NAME"\
     Author name for copyright attribution

**--config**=""\
     config file (default is $HOME/.cobra.yaml)

**-l**, **--license**=""\
     Name of license for the project (can provide `licensetext` in config)

**-b**, **--projectbase**=""\
     base project directory, e.g. github.com/spf13/

**--viper**\[=true\]\
     Use Viper for configuration

## SEE ALSO

**[cobra-add(1)](/cobra-add/1.md)**, **[cobra-init(1)](/cobra-init/1.md)**