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Top 23 JavaScript CLI Projects
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Project mention: Advanced Shell Scripting with Bash (2006) [pdf] | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-04-17
I write a lot of JS/TS for my day job, so zx (https://github.com/google/zx) has been a nice tool for bash scripts that start getting a little too complex.
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Project mention: Building Universal npm Libraries: Supporting Both CJS and ESM | dev.to | 2025-04-15
This divide creates real challenges. For example, when popular libraries like chalk transitioned to ESM-only in version 5, many existing CommonJS projects faced compatibility issues. While ESM is the future, the reality is that numerous production systems still rely on CJS.
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We often come across large and complex SVG files full of redundancies, which can be a hassle. Fortunately, we can optimize this with SVGO, a tool that reduces the size of SVG files by removing unnecessary data without compromising quality.
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* I really just want pocket as a bookmarking tool than the web reader. The web reader works, but it's very bad in cases with a lot of embeds/code snippets. If a site is pay-walled, only a small section is available in Pocket. I usually open the actual page in this case than read in pocket.
* Some links I added a long time ago are permanently lost because the original page got taken down. It'd be much better if a permanent snapshot was taken(including all the images, this is pretty easy to do with something like https://github.com/gildas-lormeau/SingleFile) of the page and is available even if the original page is lost.
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB high-performance time series database. Collect, organize, and act on massive volumes of high-resolution data to power real-time intelligent systems.
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social-analyzer
API, CLI, and Web App for analyzing and finding a person's profile in 1000 social media \ websites
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Project mention: How to Improve Our GitHub? How to Prepare a Profile? How to Write a README? | dev.to | 2024-11-28
For those who want simplicity: If you prefer to quickly create a structure with just a few clicks, the CLI-based Readme MD Generator is perfect for you! This tool helps you fill in basic details to generate a README file in no time.
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Nice prompts and more: https://github.com/terkelg/prompts
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Project mention: Create and publish an npm library, with TypeScript and Semantic Versioning | dev.to | 2024-09-12
release-it: Also helps you bump the version, but it's simple to use (no need for CI knowledge); meanwhile, you don't configure it as fully automated.
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enquirer
Stylish, intuitive and user-friendly prompts. Used by eslint, webpack, yarn, pm2, pnpm, RedwoodJS, FactorJS, salesforce, Cypress, Google Lighthouse, Generate, tencent cloudbase, lint-staged, gluegun, hygen, hardhat, AWS Amplify, GitHub Actions Toolkit, @airbnb/nimbus, and more! Please follow Enquirer's author: https://github.com/jonschlinkert
Another prompt-and-more tool https://github.com/enquirer/enquirer
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standard-version
:trophy: Automate versioning and CHANGELOG generation, with semver.org and conventionalcommits.org
Using Conventional Commits ⭐ as a standard for your commit messages, makes Semantic Versioning 🔖 as easy as can be, with tools like Conventional Changelog 📄 Standard Version 🔖 and Semantic Release 📦🚀
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I can't practically recommend it if you're working on a passion project or prioritize shipping & providing value above all. If you've got something that seems like it might expand in scope over time, or that you may want to completely overhaul after a POC, it can reduce tech debt... sometimes. You can use tools like Plop to generate this boilerplate.
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npm-run-all
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I install hygen that I use to generate source code, and my templates.
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Vorpal.js is a framework for building mature, immersive command-line applications.
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CodeRabbit
CodeRabbit: AI Code Reviews for Developers. Revolutionize your code reviews with AI. CodeRabbit offers PR summaries, code walkthroughs, 1-click suggestions, and AST-based analysis. Boost productivity and code quality across all major languages with each PR.
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
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Index
What are some of the best open-source CLI projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | zx | 43,976 |
| 2 | chalk | 22,346 |
| 3 | svgo | 21,515 |
| 4 | ava | 20,772 |
| 5 | SingleFile | 17,391 |
| 6 | webpack-dashboard | 13,867 |
| 7 | git-history | 13,610 |
| 8 | social-analyzer | 12,321 |
| 9 | readme-md-generator | 10,998 |
| 10 | pipedream | 9,589 |
| 11 | taskbook | 9,042 |
| 12 | prompts | 9,025 |
| 13 | signale | 8,966 |
| 14 | Release It! 🚀 | 8,371 |
| 15 | enquirer | 7,785 |
| 16 | standard-version | 7,787 |
| 17 | np | 7,627 |
| 18 | plop | 7,346 |
| 19 | fkill | 6,911 |
| 20 | numi | 5,975 |
| 21 | npm-run-all | 5,804 |
| 22 | hygen | 5,774 |
| 23 | vorpal | 5,644 |
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