Building a TypeScript CLI with Node.js and Commander

• Commander.js

  44 26,095 8.7 JavaScript

  node.js command-line interfaces made easy

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.

• args

  1 454 0.0 JavaScript

  Toolkit for building command line interfaces (by leo)

A command-line interface, often referred to as a CLI, is a program that allows users to type instructions and interact with a script that processes the input and produces an output. Node.js has a lot of packages that allows you to build CLIs, like args, minimist, and oclif.

• SurveyJS

  surveyjs.io sponsored

  Open-Source JSON Form Builder to Create Dynamic Forms Right in Your App. With SurveyJS form UI libraries, you can build and style forms in a fully-integrated drag & drop form builder, render them in your JS app, and store form submission data in any backend, inc. PHP, ASP.NET Core, and Node.js.

  

• minimist

  1 469 6.5 JavaScript

  parse argument options (by minimistjs)

  

A command-line interface, often referred to as a CLI, is a program that allows users to type instructions and interact with a script that processes the input and produces an output. Node.js has a lot of packages that allows you to build CLIs, like args, minimist, and oclif.

• oclif

  34 8,844 9.5 TypeScript

  CLI for generating, building, and releasing oclif CLIs. Built by Salesforce.

  

A command-line interface, often referred to as a CLI, is a program that allows users to type instructions and interact with a script that processes the input and produces an output. Node.js has a lot of packages that allows you to build CLIs, like args, minimist, and oclif.

• chalk

  57 21,410 6.4 JavaScript

  🖍 Terminal string styling done right

  

Commander.js provides a lot of features that allow you to succinctly build command-line interfaces. Furthermore, the Node.js community provides libraries such as Chalk and Figlet that complement Commander.js CLIs to make them look visually appealing.

• figlet.js

  3 2,486 7.8 JavaScript

  A FIG Driver written in JavaScript which aims to fully implement the FIGfont spec.

Commander.js provides a lot of features that allow you to succinctly build command-line interfaces. Furthermore, the Node.js community provides libraries such as Chalk and Figlet that complement Commander.js CLIs to make them look visually appealing.

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