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Project mention: How to automate the launch of your terminal processes (fzf + tmux + teamocil) | dev.to | 2024-11-27
In my case, I use the bash shell (Bourne-Again SHell) as it is a slightly improved version of sh. But you can also use the “sh” by itself or tools that allow you to translate your code from any desired language into the shell, for example, “zx” from Google, which allows you to write your scripts in node.js and run them as shell scripts.
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Commands argument formatter and parser: https://github.com/tj/commander.js
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Colors and text management: https://github.com/chalk/chalk and all the sub-librairies they have
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Project mention: Compilation of Libraries Supporting CLI Application Development for Node.js | dev.to | 2025-01-20
shelljs is used to run any other command-line programs through the shell.
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Advance CLI modules: https://github.com/chjj/blessed
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Project mention: Compilation of Libraries Supporting CLI Application Development for Node.js | dev.to | 2025-01-20
yargs and commander are two foundational libraries to help us parse parameters as mentioned above. They provide very basic functions to serve as a foundation for other libraries.
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Project mention: Compilation of Libraries Supporting CLI Application Development for Node.js | dev.to | 2025-01-20
ora is a library that creates beautiful "loading" effects. These effects are often used to signal to users that processing is underway and they need to wait. ora provides many different "spinning" shapes. Additionally, you can combine it with text to create continuous messages on the screen, indicating the progress of the ongoing process.
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Vorpal.js is a framework for building mature, immersive command-line applications.
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This tutorial guided you through building a command-line application using TypeScript and Bun. We created a utility for uploading files or directories to S3-compatible storage. We learned how to use meow as a helper library and Bun’s S3 Client. Additionally, you learned how to package and publish the CLI application to the npm registry.
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Project mention: Compilation of Libraries Supporting CLI Application Development for Node.js | dev.to | 2025-01-20
progress helps you create "downloading" effects using a combination of ASCII characters.
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Project mention: Compilation of Libraries Supporting CLI Application Development for Node.js | dev.to | 2025-01-20
Sometimes you will need to draw a table to display information for output, cli-table3 is very suitable for this. Or if you simply want to enclose content in "boxes", boxen is a perfect choice.
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log-update
Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal. Useful for rendering progress bars, animations, etc.
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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
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Command-line utility projects in JavaScript? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | zx | 43,743 |
| 2 | Commander.js | 27,146 |
| 3 | chalk | 22,273 |
| 4 | shelljs | 14,316 |
| 5 | blessed | 11,463 |
| 6 | yargs | 11,205 |
| 7 | ora | 9,279 |
| 8 | node-config | 6,334 |
| 9 | vorpal | 5,644 |
| 10 | meow | 3,582 |
| 11 | listr | 3,291 |
| 12 | progress | 2,980 |
| 13 | cli-table | 2,282 |
| 14 | update-notifier | 1,770 |
| 15 | boxen | 1,576 |
| 16 | DraftLog | 1,251 |
| 17 | log-update | 1,104 |
| 18 | drawille | 1,008 |
| 19 | terminal-image | 995 |
| 20 | configstore | 872 |
| 21 | liftoff | 842 |
| 22 | log-symbols | 752 |
| 23 | nve | 700 |
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