chalk VS vorpal

Compare chalk vs vorpal and see what are their differences.

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chalk vorpal
57 4
21,312 5,621
0.9% -
6.4 0.0
2 months ago 6 months ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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chalk

Posts with mentions or reviews of chalk. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-03-19.

vorpal

Posts with mentions or reviews of vorpal. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-03.
  • Use GNU Emacs
    16 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 3 Mar 2023
    I occasionally try that as well and it sometimes helps but not for things like node apps that use https://vorpal.js.org REPLs. They just aren't usable in shell-mode.
  • google/zx: write shell scripts in JavaScript
    5 projects | /r/shell | 7 Jan 2022
    Got it, so more about the general idea of using Node to interact with a shell. Fair points but I'm not sure that's where zx falls. I'm looking at it in relation to projects like commander, oclif, and vorpalβ€” frameworks for authoring and packaging local-use CLI tools written in JS, typically aimed at people who know JS and work in a terminal but don't know shell scripting. Those have the overhead of learning a framework, and don't do anything to help you work with the shell. zx seems to come from the other direction: instead of an esoteric framework, shell concepts and shell commands in a Node script.
  • Use command from terminal?
    3 projects | /r/node | 27 Dec 2020
    Are you wanting to run your nodejs app, and then control it within the same terminal it is running in? If so, take a look at vorpal

What are some alternatives?

When comparing chalk and vorpal you can also consider the following projects:

blessed - A high-level terminal interface library for node.js.

Inquirer.js - A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.

yargs - yargs the modern, pirate-themed successor to optimist.

shelljs - :shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js

ora - Elegant terminal spinner

Commander.js - node.js command-line interfaces made easy

Figlet - JavaScript parser for FIGlet fonts

node-config - Node.js Application Configuration

cli-table - Pretty unicode tables for the CLI with Node.JS

boxen - Create boxes in the terminal