minimist VS args

Compare minimist vs args and see what are their differences.

args

Toolkit for building command line interfaces (by leo)
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minimist args
1 1
469 454
6.2% -
6.5 0.0
about 1 month ago about 1 year ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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minimist

Posts with mentions or reviews of minimist. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-03.
  • Building a TypeScript CLI with Node.js and Commander
    6 projects | dev.to | 3 Nov 2022
    A command-line interface, often referred to as a CLI, is a program that allows users to type instructions and interact with a script that processes the input and produces an output. Node.js has a lot of packages that allows you to build CLIs, like args, minimist, and oclif.

args

Posts with mentions or reviews of args. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-11-03.
  • Building a TypeScript CLI with Node.js and Commander
    6 projects | dev.to | 3 Nov 2022
    A command-line interface, often referred to as a CLI, is a program that allows users to type instructions and interact with a script that processes the input and produces an output. Node.js has a lot of packages that allows you to build CLIs, like args, minimist, and oclif.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing minimist and args you can also consider the following projects:

clerc - 🖖🏻 Clerc: The full-featured cli library.

mri - Quickly scan for CLI flags and arguments

chalk - 🖍 Terminal string styling done right

figlet.js - A FIG Driver written in JavaScript which aims to fully implement the FIGfont spec.

oclif - CLI for generating, building, and releasing oclif CLIs. Built by Salesforce.

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