yargs
yargs the modern, pirate-themed successor to optimist. (by yargs)
Commander.js
node.js command-line interfaces made easy (by tj)
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yargs | Commander.js | |
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37 | 44 | |
10,894 | 25,992 | |
0.3% | - | |
5.0 | 8.7 | |
10 days ago | 16 days ago | |
JavaScript | JavaScript | |
MIT License | MIT License |
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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.
yargs
Posts with mentions or reviews of yargs.
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
This code snippet uses yargs, a Node.js package, to parse command-line arguments in a POSIX-compliant way, including support for short and long-form options. You could also use the popular commander defined as a complete node.js command-line interface.
- Show HN: Pg-CLI – Read PG's essays in your terminal
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Process of working in parallel branches in GitHub
This feature was implemented by adding a new argument option -l or --lang in yargs as below.
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Searching through JSON logs locally
Creating CLIs with yargs is a piece of cake. For LZ4 there is a streaming implementation on npm which is a single function and also happened to decompress my files without any errors. Everything else is out-of-box Node.js.
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What is your ideal setup for new project for solo developers
Backend is more tricky. - RESTful APIs I prefer Koajs - For a RPC/microsevice, I have only used gRPC - For a CLI, yargs and inquirer
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yargs VS clerc - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 26 Dec 2022
- Making command line commands with javascript
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DPS909 Blog - Lab 3: Managing Simultaneous Changes
To accomplish this task, I added a new option using the yargs module. This allows me to read whatever the user inputs after using -l/--l. Following this, I added a conditional statement that defaults to en-CA whenever a language code is not inputted.
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Command line applications
You can build them from scratch, or use one of many specialized libraries on NPM, like commander, yargs, blessed, terminal kit, prompts, and many more.
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111 ethereum hardhat : use task and script
If you feel Hardhat's parameter handling is falling short of your needs, you should write a script. Just import the Hardhat runtime environment explicitly, use your own argument parsing logic (e.g. using yargs), and run it as a standalone Node.js script.
Commander.js
Posts with mentions or reviews of Commander.js.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-03-23.
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[AskJS] Looking for JS course for experienced developers?
You can write a command line utility using zx or commander.js. Hit a public api, spit stuff out in the console, etc.
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[AskJS] What is your preferred solution to share and execute Node.js scripts ?
In your index.js you can do whatever you want, even create an interactive CLI (check commander).
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Create a Node.js command-line library with NRWL NX workspace
commander - npm - Required. A library that lets you define the commands and their arguments, options, help, etc.
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Building a TypeScript CLI with Node.js and Commander
The command line has thousands of tools, such as awk, sed, grep, and find available at your disposal that cut development time and automate tedious tasks. Creating a command line tool in Node.js isn't very complicated, thanks to a powerful library like Commander.js.
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Casual Friday 14/10/2022 - Giornata mondiale contro l'omonimia
Prova a dare un occhio a questo
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Command line applications
You can build them from scratch, or use one of many specialized libraries on NPM, like commander, yargs, blessed, terminal kit, prompts, and many more.
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OSD600 Blog #2 - Release 0.1
For our first release in OSD600 (developing a CLI static site generator) I decided to implement the program using Node.js, by leveraging the "commander" npm module.
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How to build an npx starter template
You can use tools like commander or inquirer to add interactive command-line interface.
- There is framework for everything.
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A Node.js configuration provider reading files, environment and arguments
@mocks-server/config - It allows to define configuration options, and it reads environment variables and uses cosmiconfig and commander under the hood to provide values to them.
What are some alternatives?
When comparing yargs and Commander.js you can also consider the following projects:
oclif - CLI for generating, building, and releasing oclif CLIs. Built by Salesforce.
minimist - parse argument options
Inquirer.js - A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.
meow - 🐈 CLI app helper
Ink - 🌈 React for interactive command-line apps
vorpal - Node's framework for interactive CLIs
get-stdin - Get stdin as a string or buffer
zx - A tool for writing better scripts
Bit - A build system for development of composable software.
cross-env
furious-commander - Testable and easily usable CLI framework