cli-table
Pretty unicode tables for the CLI with Node.JS (by Automattic)
Inquirer.js
A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces. (by SBoudrias)
Our great sponsors
| cli-table | Inquirer.js | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | 37 | |
| 2,264 | 19,346 | |
| 0.3% | - | |
| 0.0 | 9.2 | |
| over 1 year ago | 1 day ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.
cli-table
Posts with mentions or reviews of cli-table.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-04-21.
-
Let’s create a Node CLI for generating files from templates!
Another very useful and user-friendly command for CLI is the --help command. This command should help our users to use our CLI. This is the perfect place for tables. I installed the cli-table package.
-
Command Line Job Search Application using Node.js
cli-table - it is used to display the data in a tabular format
Inquirer.js
Posts with mentions or reviews of Inquirer.js.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-02-06.
-
Mastering Node.js CLI: Best Practices and Tips
Inquirer.js is a handy tool for adding interactive prompts to your CLI.
-
Painless CLI integration testing
There is a CLI application based on Inquirer. Potentially, it could be another CLI library, say something from the following list. Our goal is to provide integration tests. But before that, let's look at the related terminology.
-
Interactive Node JS command line
inquirer
-
Custom File Generator Tutorial
If you boil plop down to its core, it is basically glue code between inquirer prompts and handlebar templates.
-
Command Line Application: Bank Loan Tracker [Node]
This is a new tutorial on how to create a command line interface application, and our application today is a Mortgage Calculator. I used in this program packages such as 1- inquirer for interactive questions and answers: https://www.npmjs.com/package/inquirer 2- Sqlite3 DBMS 3- Chalk for colorful output in the terminal: https://www.npmjs.com/package/chalk
- Ink: React for interactive command-line apps
- Say Allo' to the new Inquirer
- Say Allo' to the New Inquirer (Node.js CLI)
-
Let’s create a Node CLI for generating files from templates!
We can easily achieve that with the inquirer package. This package allows you to ask different types of questions, such as input questions (open-text questions), confirmation questions (Yes/No), etc.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing cli-table and Inquirer.js you can also consider the following projects:
chalk - 🖍 Terminal string styling done right
yargs - yargs the modern, pirate-themed successor to optimist.
vorpal - Node's framework for interactive CLIs
string-width - Get the visual width of a string - the number of columns required to display it
ascii-charts - Ansi charts for nodejs
shelljs - :shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js
columnify - Create text-based columns suitable for console output. Supports cell wrapping.
progress - Flexible ascii progress bar for nodejs
drawille - Drawing in terminal with unicode braille characters
blessed - A high-level terminal interface library for node.js.