vorpal
Node's framework for interactive CLIs (by dthree)
Inquirer.js
A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces. (by SBoudrias)
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| vorpal | Inquirer.js | |
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| 4 | 37 | |
| 5,619 | 19,326 | |
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| 0.0 | 9.2 | |
| 7 months ago | 9 days ago | |
| JavaScript | JavaScript | |
| MIT License | MIT License |
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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.
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Use GNU Emacs
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.
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google/zx: write shell scripts in JavaScript
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 vorpal— 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.
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Use command from terminal?
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
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.
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Mastering Node.js CLI: Best Practices and Tips
Inquirer.js is a handy tool for adding interactive prompts to your CLI.
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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.
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Interactive Node JS command line
inquirer
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Custom File Generator Tutorial
If you boil plop down to its core, it is basically glue code between inquirer prompts and handlebar templates.
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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
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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.
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I'm looking for a cli tool that can create list prompts to ask questions and act on the responses
I guess you are looking for inquirer.js or its python port python-inquirer
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'File -> New Project...'
I’m gonna make a console based application, asking user to make some choices, kicking off some async tasks, giving feedback etc. I’ve found inquirer and listr for handling part of this.
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Create a CLI tool to help bootstraping Flutter project using Node.JS - Part 1
We will add some dependencies to help us deal with CLI behaviours (inquirer) and text coloring (chalk).
What are some alternatives?
When comparing vorpal and Inquirer.js you can also consider the following projects:
yargs - yargs the modern, pirate-themed successor to optimist.
blessed - A high-level terminal interface library for node.js.
chalk - 🖍 Terminal string styling done right
shelljs - :shell: Portable Unix shell commands for Node.js
progress - Flexible ascii progress bar for nodejs
meow - 🐈 CLI app helper
cli-table - Pretty unicode tables for the CLI with Node.JS
nvm - Node Version Manager - POSIX-compliant bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions
ora - Elegant terminal spinner