diff --git a/tools/docgen.zig b/tools/docgen.zig
index 18311b0d54..656d6f6ba3 100644
--- a/tools/docgen.zig
+++ b/tools/docgen.zig
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@ const max_doc_file_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
 
 const obj_ext = builtin.object_format.fileExt(builtin.cpu.arch);
 
-const usage =
-    \\Usage: docgen [options] input output
-    \\
-    \\   Generates an HTML document from a docgen template.
-    \\
-    \\Options:
-    \\   --code-dir dir         Path to directory containing code example outputs
-    \\   -h, --help             Print this help and exit
-    \\
-;
+const Args = struct {
+    pub const description = "Generates an HTML document from a docgen template.";
+    named: struct {
+        @"code-dir": [:0]const u8,
+        pub const @"code-dir_help" = "Path to directory containing code example outputs";
+    },
+    positional: struct {
+        input: [:0]const u8,
+        output: [:0]const u8,
+    },
+};
 
 pub fn main() !void {
     var arena_instance = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.page_allocator);
@@ -33,38 +34,10 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    var args_it = try process.argsWithAllocator(arena);
-    if (!args_it.skip()) @panic("expected self arg");
-
-    var opt_code_dir: ?[]const u8 = null;
-    var opt_input: ?[]const u8 = null;
-    var opt_output: ?[]const u8 = null;
-
-    while (args_it.next()) |arg| {
-        if (mem.startsWith(u8, arg, "-")) {
-            if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "-h") or mem.eql(u8, arg, "--help")) {
-                try fs.File.stdout().writeAll(usage);
-                process.exit(0);
-            } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--code-dir")) {
-                if (args_it.next()) |param| {
-                    opt_code_dir = param;
-                } else {
-                    fatal("expected parameter after --code-dir", .{});
-                }
-            } else {
-                fatal("unrecognized option: '{s}'", .{arg});
-            }
-        } else if (opt_input == null) {
-            opt_input = arg;
-        } else if (opt_output == null) {
-            opt_output = arg;
-        } else {
-            fatal("unexpected positional argument: '{s}'", .{arg});
-        }
-    }
-    const input_path = opt_input orelse fatal("missing input file", .{});
-    const output_path = opt_output orelse fatal("missing output file", .{});
-    const code_dir_path = opt_code_dir orelse fatal("missing --code-dir argument", .{});
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(Args, arena, .{});
+    const input_path = args.positional.input;
+    const output_path = args.positional.output;
+    const code_dir_path = args.named.@"code-dir";
 
     var in_file = try fs.cwd().openFile(input_path, .{});
     defer in_file.close();
diff --git a/tools/dump-cov.zig b/tools/dump-cov.zig
index 249783b927..2d93a25800 100644
--- a/tools/dump-cov.zig
+++ b/tools/dump-cov.zig
@@ -16,9 +16,15 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    const exe_file_name = args[1];
-    const cov_file_name = args[2];
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        named: struct {},
+        positional: struct {
+            exe_file: [:0]const u8,
+            cov_file: [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const exe_file_name = args.positional.exe_file;
+    const cov_file_name = args.positional.cov_file;
 
     const exe_path: Path = .{
         .root_dir = std.Build.Cache.Directory.cwd(),
diff --git a/tools/fetch_them_macos_headers.zig b/tools/fetch_them_macos_headers.zig
index 3c070e849f..b2e4a5172b 100644
--- a/tools/fetch_them_macos_headers.zig
+++ b/tools/fetch_them_macos_headers.zig
@@ -55,36 +55,24 @@ const Target = struct {
 
 const headers_source_prefix: []const u8 = "headers";
 
-const usage =
-    \\fetch_them_macos_headers [options] [cc args]
-    \\
-    \\Options:
-    \\  --sysroot     Path to macOS SDK
-    \\
-    \\General Options:
-    \\-h, --help                    Print this help and exit
-;
+const Args = struct {
+    named: struct {
+        sysroot: []const u8 = "",
+        pub const sysroot_help = "Path to macOS SDK";
+    },
+    positional: struct {
+        cc_args: []const [:0]const u8 = &.{},
+    },
+};
 
 pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(gpa);
     defer arena.deinit();
     const allocator = arena.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(allocator);
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(Args, allocator, .{});
 
-    var argv = std.array_list.Managed([]const u8).init(allocator);
-    var sysroot: ?[]const u8 = null;
-
-    var args_iter = ArgsIterator{ .args = args[1..] };
-    while (args_iter.next()) |arg| {
-        if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--help") or mem.eql(u8, arg, "-h")) {
-            return info(usage, .{});
-        } else if (mem.eql(u8, arg, "--sysroot")) {
-            sysroot = args_iter.nextOrFatal();
-        } else try argv.append(arg);
-    }
-
-    const sysroot_path = sysroot orelse blk: {
+    const sysroot_path = if (args.named.sysroot.len > 0) args.named.sysroot else blk: {
         const target = try std.zig.system.resolveTargetQuery(.{});
         break :blk std.zig.system.darwin.getSdk(allocator, &target) orelse
             fatal("no SDK found; you can provide one explicitly with '--sysroot' flag", .{});
@@ -121,13 +109,13 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
             .arch = arch,
             .os_ver = os_ver,
         };
-        try fetchTarget(allocator, argv.items, sysroot_path, target, version, tmp);
+        try fetchTarget(allocator, args.positional.cc_args, sysroot_path, target, version, tmp);
     }
 }
 
 fn fetchTarget(
     arena: Allocator,
-    args: []const []const u8,
+    cc_args: []const []const u8,
     sysroot: []const u8,
     target: Target,
     ver: Version,
@@ -165,7 +153,7 @@ fn fetchTarget(
         "-MF",
         headers_list_path,
     });
-    try cc_argv.appendSlice(args);
+    try cc_argv.appendSlice(cc_args);
 
     const res = try std.process.Child.run(.{
         .allocator = arena,
@@ -229,24 +217,6 @@ fn fetchTarget(
     }
 }
 
-const ArgsIterator = struct {
-    args: []const []const u8,
-    i: usize = 0,
-
-    fn next(it: *@This()) ?[]const u8 {
-        if (it.i >= it.args.len) {
-            return null;
-        }
-        defer it.i += 1;
-        return it.args[it.i];
-    }
-
-    fn nextOrFatal(it: *@This()) []const u8 {
-        const arg = it.next() orelse fatal("expected parameter after '{s}'", .{it.args[it.i - 1]});
-        return arg;
-    }
-};
-
 const Version = struct {
     major: u16,
     minor: u8,
diff --git a/tools/gen_macos_headers_c.zig b/tools/gen_macos_headers_c.zig
index f95023adb7..7d04032e41 100644
--- a/tools/gen_macos_headers_c.zig
+++ b/tools/gen_macos_headers_c.zig
@@ -8,32 +8,18 @@ const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 var general_purpose_allocator = std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}){};
 const gpa = general_purpose_allocator.allocator();
 
-const usage =
-    \\gen_macos_headers_c [dir]
-    \\
-    \\General Options:
-    \\-h, --help                    Print this help and exit
-;
-
 pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     var arena_allocator = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(gpa);
     defer arena_allocator.deinit();
     const arena = arena_allocator.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    if (args.len == 1) fatal("no command or option specified", .{});
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            dir: []const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
 
-    var positionals = std.array_list.Managed([]const u8).init(arena);
-
-    for (args[1..]) |arg| {
-        if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--help") or std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "-h")) {
-            return info(usage, .{});
-        } else try positionals.append(arg);
-    }
-
-    if (positionals.items.len != 1) fatal("expected one positional argument: [dir]", .{});
-
-    var dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(positionals.items[0], .{ .no_follow = true });
+    var dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(args.positional.dir, .{ .no_follow = true });
     defer dir.close();
     var paths = std.array_list.Managed([]const u8).init(arena);
     try findHeaders(arena, dir, "", &paths);
diff --git a/tools/gen_outline_atomics.zig b/tools/gen_outline_atomics.zig
index 1dade66610..a5d379d477 100644
--- a/tools/gen_outline_atomics.zig
+++ b/tools/gen_outline_atomics.zig
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    //const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
+    _ = try std.cli.parse(struct {}, arena, .{});
 
     var stdout_buffer: [2000]u8 = undefined;
     var stdout_writer = std.fs.File.stdout().writerStreaming(&stdout_buffer);
diff --git a/tools/gen_spirv_spec.zig b/tools/gen_spirv_spec.zig
index 702866824c..1f481ae5ed 100644
--- a/tools/gen_spirv_spec.zig
+++ b/tools/gen_spirv_spec.zig
@@ -58,12 +58,20 @@ const allocator = arena.allocator();
 pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena.deinit();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(allocator);
-    if (args.len != 3) {
-        usageAndExit(args[0], 1);
-    }
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        pub const description =
+            \\Generates Zig bindings for SPIR-V specifications found in the SPIRV-Headers
+            \\repository. The result, printed to stdout, should be used to update
+            \\files in src/codegen/spirv. Don't forget to format the output.
+        ;
+        positional: struct {
+            pub const @"path/to/SPIRV-Headers_help" = "should point to a clone of https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers/";
+            @"path/to/SPIRV-Headers": [:0]const u8,
+            @"path/to/zig/src/codegen/spirv/extinst.zig.grammar.json": [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, allocator, .{});
 
-    const json_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &.{ args[1], "include/spirv/unified1/" });
+    const json_path = try std.fs.path.join(allocator, &.{ args.positional.@"path/to/SPIRV-Headers", "include/spirv/unified1/" });
     const dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(json_path, .{ .iterate = true });
 
     const core_spec = try readRegistry(CoreRegistry, dir, "spirv.core.grammar.json");
@@ -80,7 +88,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         try readExtRegistry(&exts, dir, entry.name);
     }
 
-    try readExtRegistry(&exts, std.fs.cwd(), args[2]);
+    try readExtRegistry(&exts, std.fs.cwd(), args.positional.@"path/to/zig/src/codegen/spirv/extinst.zig.grammar.json");
 
     var allocating: std.Io.Writer.Allocating = .init(allocator);
     defer allocating.deinit();
@@ -929,19 +937,3 @@ fn parseHexInt(text: []const u8) !u31 {
         return error.InvalidHexInt;
     return try std.fmt.parseInt(u31, text[prefix.len..], 16);
 }
-
-fn usageAndExit(arg0: []const u8, code: u8) noreturn {
-    const stderr = std.debug.lockStderrWriter(&.{});
-    stderr.print(
-        \\Usage: {s} <SPIRV-Headers repository path> <path/to/zig/src/codegen/spirv/extinst.zig.grammar.json>
-        \\
-        \\Generates Zig bindings for SPIR-V specifications found in the SPIRV-Headers
-        \\repository. The result, printed to stdout, should be used to update
-        \\files in src/codegen/spirv. Don't forget to format the output.
-        \\
-        \\<SPIRV-Headers repository path> should point to a clone of
-        \\https://github.com/KhronosGroup/SPIRV-Headers/
-        \\
-    , .{arg0}) catch std.process.exit(1);
-    std.process.exit(code);
-}
diff --git a/tools/gen_stubs.zig b/tools/gen_stubs.zig
index 1aadda232d..5ad6be25ac 100644
--- a/tools/gen_stubs.zig
+++ b/tools/gen_stubs.zig
@@ -284,8 +284,12 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    const build_all_path = args[1];
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            build_all_path: [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const build_all_path = args.positional.build_all_path;
 
     var build_all_dir = try std.fs.cwd().openDir(build_all_path, .{});
 
diff --git a/tools/generate_JSONTestSuite.zig b/tools/generate_JSONTestSuite.zig
index 2c6fee5bdd..c8e9c3e329 100644
--- a/tools/generate_JSONTestSuite.zig
+++ b/tools/generate_JSONTestSuite.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-// zig run this file inside the test_parsing/ directory of this repo: https://github.com/nst/JSONTestSuite
+const Args = struct {
+    pub const description = "zig run this file inside the test_parsing/ directory of this repo: https://github.com/nst/JSONTestSuite";
+};
 
 const std = @import("std");
 
@@ -6,6 +8,8 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     var gpa: std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}) = .init;
     var allocator = gpa.allocator();
 
+    _ = try std.cli.parse(Args, allocator, .{});
+
     var stdout_buffer: [2000]u8 = undefined;
     var stdout_writer = std.fs.File.stdout().writerStreaming(&stdout_buffer);
     const output = &stdout_writer.interface;
diff --git a/tools/generate_c_size_and_align_checks.zig b/tools/generate_c_size_and_align_checks.zig
index 8c278407e4..c833dbdf95 100644
--- a/tools/generate_c_size_and_align_checks.zig
+++ b/tools/generate_c_size_and_align_checks.zig
@@ -25,21 +25,22 @@ fn cName(ty: std.Target.CType) []const u8 {
     };
 }
 
-var general_purpose_allocator: std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}) = .init;
-
 pub fn main() !void {
-    const gpa = general_purpose_allocator.allocator();
+    var general_purpose_allocator: std.heap.GeneralPurposeAllocator(.{}) = .init;
     defer std.debug.assert(general_purpose_allocator.deinit() == .ok);
+    const gpa = general_purpose_allocator.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(gpa);
-    defer std.process.argsFree(gpa, args);
+    var arena_instance = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(gpa);
+    defer arena_instance.deinit();
+    const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    if (args.len != 2) {
-        std.debug.print("Usage: {s} [target_triple]\n", .{args[0]});
-        std.process.exit(1);
-    }
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            target_triple: [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
 
-    const query = try std.Target.Query.parse(.{ .arch_os_abi = args[1] });
+    const query = try std.Target.Query.parse(.{ .arch_os_abi = args.positional.target_triple });
     const target = try std.zig.system.resolveTargetQuery(query);
 
     var buffer: [2000]u8 = undefined;
diff --git a/tools/generate_linux_syscalls.zig b/tools/generate_linux_syscalls.zig
index 2705618a7d..18e216d559 100644
--- a/tools/generate_linux_syscalls.zig
+++ b/tools/generate_linux_syscalls.zig
@@ -11,6 +11,16 @@
 //!
 //! Everything after `name` is ignored for the purposes of this tool.
 
+const Args = struct {
+    pub const description =
+        \\Generates the list of Linux syscalls for each supported cpu arch, using the Linux development tree.
+        \\Prints to stdout Zig code which you can use to replace the file lib/std/os/linux/syscalls.zig.
+    ;
+    positional: struct {
+        @"/path/to/linux": [:0]const u8,
+    },
+};
+
 const std = @import("std");
 const Io = std.Io;
 const mem = std.mem;
@@ -175,12 +185,8 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena.deinit();
     const gpa = arena.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(gpa);
-    if (args.len < 2 or mem.eql(u8, args[1], "--help")) {
-        usage(std.debug.lockStderrWriter(&.{}), args[0]) catch std.process.exit(2);
-        std.process.exit(1);
-    }
-    const linux_path = args[1];
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(Args, gpa, .{});
+    const linux_path = args.positional.@"/path/to/linux";
 
     var stdout_buffer: [2048]u8 = undefined;
     var stdout_writer = std.fs.File.stdout().writerStreaming(&stdout_buffer);
@@ -247,14 +253,3 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     try Io.Writer.flush(stdout);
 }
-
-fn usage(w: *std.Io.Writer, arg0: []const u8) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
-    try w.print(
-        \\Usage: {s} /path/to/zig /path/to/linux
-        \\Alternative Usage: zig run /path/to/git/zig/tools/generate_linux_syscalls.zig -- /path/to/zig /path/to/linux
-        \\
-        \\Generates the list of Linux syscalls for each supported cpu arch, using the Linux development tree.
-        \\Prints to stdout Zig code which you can use to replace the file lib/std/os/linux/syscalls.zig.
-        \\
-    , .{arg0});
-}
diff --git a/tools/incr-check.zig b/tools/incr-check.zig
index ed7443046a..074f124df4 100644
--- a/tools/incr-check.zig
+++ b/tools/incr-check.zig
@@ -2,8 +2,6 @@ const std = @import("std");
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const Cache = std.Build.Cache;
 
-const usage = "usage: incr-check <zig binary path> <input file> [--zig-lib-dir lib] [--debug-zcu] [--debug-dwarf] [--debug-link] [--preserve-tmp] [--zig-cc-binary /path/to/zig]";
-
 pub fn main() !void {
     const fatal = std.process.fatal;
 
@@ -11,46 +9,29 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    var opt_zig_exe: ?[]const u8 = null;
-    var opt_input_file_name: ?[]const u8 = null;
-    var opt_lib_dir: ?[]const u8 = null;
-    var opt_cc_zig: ?[]const u8 = null;
-    var debug_zcu = false;
-    var debug_dwarf = false;
-    var debug_link = false;
-    var preserve_tmp = false;
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            @"zig-binary-path": []const u8,
+            @"input-file": []const u8,
+        },
+        named: struct {
+            @"zig-lib-dir": []const u8 = "",
+            @"debug-zcu": bool = false,
+            @"debug-dwarf": bool = false,
+            @"debug-link": bool = false,
+            preserve_tmp: bool = false,
+            @"zig-cc-binary": []const u8 = "",
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
 
-    var arg_it = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(arena);
-    _ = arg_it.skip();
-    while (arg_it.next()) |arg| {
-        if (arg.len > 0 and arg[0] == '-') {
-            if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--zig-lib-dir")) {
-                opt_lib_dir = arg_it.next() orelse fatal("expected arg after '--zig-lib-dir'\n{s}", .{usage});
-            } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--debug-zcu")) {
-                debug_zcu = true;
-            } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--debug-dwarf")) {
-                debug_dwarf = true;
-            } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--debug-link")) {
-                debug_link = true;
-            } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--preserve-tmp")) {
-                preserve_tmp = true;
-            } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, arg, "--zig-cc-binary")) {
-                opt_cc_zig = arg_it.next() orelse fatal("expect arg after '--zig-cc-binary'\n{s}", .{usage});
-            } else {
-                fatal("unknown option '{s}'\n{s}", .{ arg, usage });
-            }
-            continue;
-        }
-        if (opt_zig_exe == null) {
-            opt_zig_exe = arg;
-        } else if (opt_input_file_name == null) {
-            opt_input_file_name = arg;
-        } else {
-            fatal("unknown argument '{s}'\n{s}", .{ arg, usage });
-        }
-    }
-    const zig_exe = opt_zig_exe orelse fatal("missing path to zig\n{s}", .{usage});
-    const input_file_name = opt_input_file_name orelse fatal("missing input file\n{s}", .{usage});
+    const opt_lib_dir: ?[]const u8 = if (args.named.@"zig-lib-dir".len > 0) args.named.@"zig-lib-dir" else null;
+    const opt_cc_zig: ?[]const u8 = if (args.named.@"zig-cc-binary".len > 0) args.named.@"zig-cc-binary" else null;
+    const debug_zcu = args.named.@"debug-zcu";
+    const debug_dwarf = args.named.@"debug-dwarf";
+    const debug_link = args.named.@"debug-link";
+    const preserve_tmp = args.named.preserve_tmp;
+    const zig_exe = args.positional.@"zig-binary-path";
+    const input_file_name = args.positional.@"input-file";
 
     const input_file_bytes = try std.fs.cwd().readFileAlloc(input_file_name, arena, .limited(std.math.maxInt(u32)));
     const case = try Case.parse(arena, input_file_bytes);
diff --git a/tools/migrate_langref.zig b/tools/migrate_langref.zig
index d880db1c25..77ffd717fb 100644
--- a/tools/migrate_langref.zig
+++ b/tools/migrate_langref.zig
@@ -13,9 +13,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    const input_file = args[1];
-    const output_file = args[2];
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            input_file: [:0]const u8,
+            output_file: [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const input_file = args.positional.input_file;
+    const output_file = args.positional.output_file;
 
     var in_file = try fs.cwd().openFile(input_file, .{ .mode = .read_only });
     defer in_file.close();
diff --git a/tools/process_headers.zig b/tools/process_headers.zig
index eb671193bb..9e8b5e178b 100644
--- a/tools/process_headers.zig
+++ b/tools/process_headers.zig
@@ -119,52 +119,24 @@ const HashToContents = std.StringHashMap(Contents);
 const TargetToHash = std.StringArrayHashMap([]const u8);
 const PathTable = std.StringHashMap(*TargetToHash);
 
-const LibCVendor = enum {
-    musl,
-    glibc,
-    freebsd,
-    netbsd,
-};
-
 pub fn main() !void {
     var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.page_allocator);
     const allocator = arena.allocator();
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(allocator);
-    var search_paths = std.array_list.Managed([]const u8).init(allocator);
-    var opt_out_dir: ?[]const u8 = null;
-    var opt_abi: ?[]const u8 = null;
 
-    var arg_i: usize = 1;
-    while (arg_i < args.len) : (arg_i += 1) {
-        if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[arg_i], "--help"))
-            usageAndExit(args[0]);
-        if (arg_i + 1 >= args.len) {
-            std.debug.print("expected argument after '{s}'\n", .{args[arg_i]});
-            usageAndExit(args[0]);
-        }
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        named: struct {
+            @"search-path": []const []const u8 = &.{},
+            out: []const u8,
+            abi: enum { musl, glibc, freebsd, netbsd },
 
-        if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[arg_i], "--search-path")) {
-            try search_paths.append(args[arg_i + 1]);
-        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[arg_i], "--out")) {
-            assert(opt_out_dir == null);
-            opt_out_dir = args[arg_i + 1];
-        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[arg_i], "--abi")) {
-            assert(opt_abi == null);
-            opt_abi = args[arg_i + 1];
-        } else {
-            std.debug.print("unrecognized argument: {s}\n", .{args[arg_i]});
-            usageAndExit(args[0]);
-        }
-
-        arg_i += 1;
-    }
-
-    const out_dir = opt_out_dir orelse usageAndExit(args[0]);
-    const abi_name = opt_abi orelse usageAndExit(args[0]);
-    const vendor = std.meta.stringToEnum(LibCVendor, abi_name) orelse {
-        std.debug.print("unrecognized C ABI: {s}\n", .{abi_name});
-        usageAndExit(args[0]);
-    };
+            pub const @"search-path_help" = "subdirectories of search paths look like, e.g. x86_64-linux-gnu";
+            pub const out_help = "a dir that will be created, and populated with the results";
+        },
+    }, allocator, .{});
+    const search_paths = args.named.@"search-path";
+    const out_dir = args.named.out;
+    const vendor = args.named.abi;
+    const abi_name = @tagName(vendor);
 
     const generic_name = try std.fmt.allocPrint(allocator, "generic-{s}", .{abi_name});
     const libc_targets = switch (vendor) {
@@ -225,7 +197,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             @tagName(libc_target.abi),
         });
 
-        search: for (search_paths.items) |search_path| {
+        search: for (search_paths) |search_path| {
             const sub_path = switch (vendor) {
                 .glibc,
                 .freebsd,
@@ -362,12 +334,3 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         }
     }
 }
-
-fn usageAndExit(arg0: []const u8) noreturn {
-    std.debug.print("Usage: {s} [--search-path <dir>] --out <dir> --abi <name>\n", .{arg0});
-    std.debug.print("--search-path can be used any number of times.\n", .{});
-    std.debug.print("    subdirectories of search paths look like, e.g. x86_64-linux-gnu\n", .{});
-    std.debug.print("--out is a dir that will be created, and populated with the results\n", .{});
-    std.debug.print("--abi is either glibc, musl, freebsd, or netbsd\n", .{});
-    std.process.exit(1);
-}
diff --git a/tools/update-linux-headers.zig b/tools/update-linux-headers.zig
index bf9edf0753..99df00760a 100644
--- a/tools/update-linux-headers.zig
+++ b/tools/update-linux-headers.zig
@@ -142,33 +142,18 @@ const PathTable = std.StringHashMap(*TargetToHash);
 pub fn main() !void {
     var arena_state = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.page_allocator);
     const arena = arena_state.allocator();
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    var search_paths = std.array_list.Managed([]const u8).init(arena);
-    var opt_out_dir: ?[]const u8 = null;
 
-    var arg_i: usize = 1;
-    while (arg_i < args.len) : (arg_i += 1) {
-        if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[arg_i], "--help"))
-            usageAndExit(args[0]);
-        if (arg_i + 1 >= args.len) {
-            std.debug.print("expected argument after '{s}'\n", .{args[arg_i]});
-            usageAndExit(args[0]);
-        }
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        named: struct {
+            @"search-path": []const []const u8 = &.{},
+            out: []const u8,
 
-        if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[arg_i], "--search-path")) {
-            try search_paths.append(args[arg_i + 1]);
-        } else if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[arg_i], "--out")) {
-            assert(opt_out_dir == null);
-            opt_out_dir = args[arg_i + 1];
-        } else {
-            std.debug.print("unrecognized argument: {s}\n", .{args[arg_i]});
-            usageAndExit(args[0]);
-        }
-
-        arg_i += 1;
-    }
-
-    const out_dir = opt_out_dir orelse usageAndExit(args[0]);
+            pub const @"search-path_help" = "subdirectories of search paths look like, e.g. x86_64-linux-gnu";
+            pub const out_help = "a dir that will be created, and populated with the results";
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const search_paths = args.named.@"search-path";
+    const out_dir = args.named.out;
     const generic_name = "any-linux-any";
 
     var path_table = PathTable.init(arena);
@@ -182,7 +167,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         const dest_target = DestTarget{
             .arch = linux_target.arch,
         };
-        search: for (search_paths.items) |search_path| {
+        search: for (search_paths) |search_path| {
             const target_include_dir = try std.fs.path.join(arena, &.{
                 search_path, linux_target.name, "include",
             });
@@ -320,11 +305,3 @@ pub fn main() !void {
         try std.fs.cwd().deleteFile(full_path);
     }
 }
-
-fn usageAndExit(arg0: []const u8) noreturn {
-    std.debug.print("Usage: {s} [--search-path <dir>] --out <dir> --abi <name>\n", .{arg0});
-    std.debug.print("--search-path can be used any number of times.\n", .{});
-    std.debug.print("    subdirectories of search paths look like, e.g. x86_64-linux-gnu\n", .{});
-    std.debug.print("--out is a dir that will be created, and populated with the results\n", .{});
-    std.process.exit(1);
-}
diff --git a/tools/update_clang_options.zig b/tools/update_clang_options.zig
index 9b054478a2..e40e55bc74 100644
--- a/tools/update_clang_options.zig
+++ b/tools/update_clang_options.zig
@@ -630,29 +630,22 @@ const cpu_targets = struct {
 pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     var arena = std.heap.ArenaAllocator.init(std.heap.page_allocator);
     defer arena.deinit();
-
     const allocator = arena.allocator();
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(allocator);
 
     var stdout_buffer: [4000]u8 = undefined;
     var stdout_writer = fs.File.stdout().writerStreaming(&stdout_buffer);
     const stdout = &stdout_writer.interface;
 
-    if (args.len <= 1) printUsageAndExit(args[0]);
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        pub const description = "Prints to stdout Zig code which you can use to replace the file src/clang_options_data.zig.";
+        positional: struct {
+            @"/path/to/llvm-tblgen": [:0]const u8,
+            @"/path/to/git/llvm/llvm-project": [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, allocator, .{});
 
-    if (std.mem.eql(u8, args[1], "--help")) {
-        printUsage(stdout, args[0]) catch std.process.exit(2);
-        stdout.flush() catch std.process.exit(2);
-        std.process.exit(0);
-    }
-
-    if (args.len < 3) printUsageAndExit(args[0]);
-
-    const llvm_tblgen_exe = args[1];
-    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, llvm_tblgen_exe, "-")) printUsageAndExit(args[0]);
-
-    const llvm_src_root = args[2];
-    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, llvm_src_root, "-")) printUsageAndExit(args[0]);
+    const llvm_tblgen_exe = args.positional.@"/path/to/llvm-tblgen";
+    const llvm_src_root = args.positional.@"/path/to/git/llvm/llvm-project";
 
     var llvm_to_zig_cpu_features = std.StringHashMap([]const u8).init(allocator);
 
@@ -959,18 +952,3 @@ fn objectLessThan(context: void, a: *json.ObjectMap, b: *json.ObjectMap) bool {
     const b_key = b.get("!name").?.string;
     return std.mem.lessThan(u8, a_key, b_key);
 }
-
-fn printUsageAndExit(arg0: []const u8) noreturn {
-    printUsage(std.debug.lockStderrWriter(&.{}), arg0) catch std.process.exit(2);
-    std.process.exit(1);
-}
-
-fn printUsage(w: *std.Io.Writer, arg0: []const u8) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
-    try w.print(
-        \\Usage: {s} /path/to/llvm-tblgen /path/to/git/llvm/llvm-project
-        \\Alternative Usage: zig run /path/to/git/zig/tools/update_clang_options.zig -- /path/to/llvm-tblgen /path/to/git/llvm/llvm-project
-        \\
-        \\Prints to stdout Zig code which you can use to replace the file src/clang_options_data.zig.
-        \\
-    , .{arg0});
-}
diff --git a/tools/update_cpu_features.zig b/tools/update_cpu_features.zig
index b6e0d6495e..9dfd740801 100644
--- a/tools/update_cpu_features.zig
+++ b/tools/update_cpu_features.zig
@@ -1567,38 +1567,23 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     defer arena_state.deinit();
     const arena = arena_state.allocator();
 
-    var args = try std.process.argsWithAllocator(arena);
-    const args0 = args.next().?;
-
-    const llvm_tblgen_exe = args.next() orelse
-        usageAndExit(args0, 1);
-
-    if (std.mem.eql(u8, llvm_tblgen_exe, "--help")) {
-        usageAndExit(args0, 0);
-    }
-    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, llvm_tblgen_exe, "-")) {
-        usageAndExit(args0, 1);
-    }
-
-    const llvm_src_root = args.next() orelse
-        usageAndExit(args0, 1);
-
-    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, llvm_src_root, "-")) {
-        usageAndExit(args0, 1);
-    }
-
-    const zig_src_root = args.next() orelse
-        usageAndExit(args0, 1);
-
-    if (std.mem.startsWith(u8, zig_src_root, "-")) {
-        usageAndExit(args0, 1);
-    }
-
-    var filter: ?[]const u8 = null;
-    if (args.next()) |arg| filter = arg;
-
-    // there shouldn't be any more argument after the optional filter
-    if (args.skip()) usageAndExit(args0, 1);
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        pub const description =
+            \\Updates lib/std/target/<target>.zig from llvm/lib/Target/<Target>/<Target>.td .
+            \\
+            \\On a less beefy system, or when debugging, compile with -fsingle-threaded.
+        ;
+        positional: struct {
+            @"/path/to/llvm-tblgen": [:0]const u8,
+            @"/path/git/llvm-project": [:0]const u8,
+            @"/path/git/zig": [:0]const u8,
+            zig_name_filter: []const u8 = "",
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const llvm_tblgen_exe = args.positional.@"/path/to/llvm-tblgen";
+    const llvm_src_root = args.positional.@"/path/git/llvm-project";
+    const zig_src_root = args.positional.@"/path/git/zig";
+    const filter: ?[]const u8 = if (args.positional.zig_name_filter.len > 0) args.positional.zig_name_filter else null;
 
     var zig_src_dir = try fs.cwd().openDir(zig_src_root, .{});
     defer zig_src_dir.close();
@@ -2104,19 +2089,6 @@ fn processOneTarget(job: Job) void {
     render_progress.end();
 }
 
-fn usageAndExit(arg0: []const u8, code: u8) noreturn {
-    const stderr = std.debug.lockStderrWriter(&.{});
-    stderr.print(
-        \\Usage: {s} /path/to/llvm-tblgen /path/git/llvm-project /path/git/zig [zig_name filter]
-        \\
-        \\Updates lib/std/target/<target>.zig from llvm/lib/Target/<Target>/<Target>.td .
-        \\
-        \\On a less beefy system, or when debugging, compile with -fsingle-threaded.
-        \\
-    , .{arg0}) catch std.process.exit(1);
-    std.process.exit(code);
-}
-
 fn featureLessThan(_: void, a: Feature, b: Feature) bool {
     return std.ascii.lessThanIgnoreCase(a.zig_name, b.zig_name);
 }
diff --git a/tools/update_crc_catalog.zig b/tools/update_crc_catalog.zig
index a973a1b75a..a25f23a3f2 100644
--- a/tools/update_crc_catalog.zig
+++ b/tools/update_crc_catalog.zig
@@ -10,11 +10,12 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     defer arena_state.deinit();
     const arena = arena_state.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    if (args.len <= 1) printUsageAndExit(args[0]);
-
-    const zig_src_root = args[1];
-    if (mem.startsWith(u8, zig_src_root, "-")) printUsageAndExit(args[0]);
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            @"/path/git/zig": [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const zig_src_root = args.positional.@"/path/git/zig";
 
     var zig_src_dir = try fs.cwd().openDir(zig_src_root, .{});
     defer zig_src_dir.close();
@@ -188,15 +189,3 @@ pub fn main() anyerror!void {
     try code_writer.flush();
     try test_writer.flush();
 }
-
-fn printUsageAndExit(arg0: []const u8) noreturn {
-    printUsage(std.debug.lockStderrWriter(&.{}), arg0) catch std.process.exit(2);
-    std.process.exit(1);
-}
-
-fn printUsage(w: *std.Io.Writer, arg0: []const u8) std.Io.Writer.Error!void {
-    return w.print(
-        \\Usage: {s} /path/git/zig
-        \\
-    , .{arg0});
-}
diff --git a/tools/update_freebsd_libc.zig b/tools/update_freebsd_libc.zig
index 420147e0df..9cb972d632 100644
--- a/tools/update_freebsd_libc.zig
+++ b/tools/update_freebsd_libc.zig
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    const freebsd_src_path = args[1];
-    const zig_src_path = args[2];
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            freebsd_src_path: [:0]const u8,
+            zig_src_path: [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const freebsd_src_path = args.positional.freebsd_src_path;
+    const zig_src_path = args.positional.zig_src_path;
 
     const dest_dir_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "{s}/lib/libc/freebsd", .{zig_src_path});
 
diff --git a/tools/update_glibc.zig b/tools/update_glibc.zig
index 297c5c65b5..315db83a8a 100644
--- a/tools/update_glibc.zig
+++ b/tools/update_glibc.zig
@@ -41,9 +41,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    const glibc_src_path = args[1];
-    const zig_src_path = args[2];
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            glibc_src_path: [:0]const u8,
+            zig_src_path: [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const glibc_src_path = args.positional.glibc_src_path;
+    const zig_src_path = args.positional.zig_src_path;
 
     const dest_dir_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "{s}/lib/libc/glibc", .{zig_src_path});
 
diff --git a/tools/update_mingw.zig b/tools/update_mingw.zig
index 9c67b27375..dbae3756e6 100644
--- a/tools/update_mingw.zig
+++ b/tools/update_mingw.zig
@@ -5,9 +5,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    const zig_src_lib_path = args[1];
-    const mingw_src_path = args[2];
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            zig_src_lib_path: [:0]const u8,
+            mingw_src_path: [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const zig_src_lib_path = args.positional.zig_src_lib_path;
+    const mingw_src_path = args.positional.mingw_src_path;
 
     const dest_mingw_crt_path = try std.fs.path.join(arena, &.{
         zig_src_lib_path, "libc", "mingw",
diff --git a/tools/update_netbsd_libc.zig b/tools/update_netbsd_libc.zig
index 7bfe99b094..1cd04f1a88 100644
--- a/tools/update_netbsd_libc.zig
+++ b/tools/update_netbsd_libc.zig
@@ -16,9 +16,14 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     defer arena_instance.deinit();
     const arena = arena_instance.allocator();
 
-    const args = try std.process.argsAlloc(arena);
-    const netbsd_src_path = args[1];
-    const zig_src_path = args[2];
+    const args = try std.cli.parse(struct {
+        positional: struct {
+            netbsd_src_path: [:0]const u8,
+            zig_src_path: [:0]const u8,
+        },
+    }, arena, .{});
+    const netbsd_src_path = args.positional.netbsd_src_path;
+    const zig_src_path = args.positional.zig_src_path;
 
     const dest_dir_path = try std.fmt.allocPrint(arena, "{s}/lib/libc/netbsd", .{zig_src_path});