vorpal VS ora

Vorpal.js is a framework for building mature, immersive command-line applications.

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.

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.

Assuming the project uses node, and admittedly it's a lil overkill, but you could use vorpal.

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

Ora This was used to make the terminal spinner

ora, which gives code that produces a loading spinner

ora is an elegant terminal spinner and is used to show the message “Installing dependencies…” when you run the npx shadcn init command.

I found a function named ora in add.ts in shadcn-ui/ui source code. Wanted to find out what it is, so I did some research and this article presents my findings about ora.

Ora: A dynamic loading spinner for Terminal.

ora

The builder uses ora library for logging out on console

I could put it in a fancy terminal window, kind of like ora does it - https://github.com/sindresorhus/ora

I was working on a project when I realized there wasn't any spinner library offering an experience close to Ora (js) so I made my own!