CLI — independent software & tools

8,517 independent CLI listings the big search engines bury.

• cliui

  npm · Free · by oss-bot

  easily create complex multi-column command-line-interfaces

• command-line-args

  npm · Free · by 75lb

  A mature, feature-complete library to parse command-line options.

• consola

  npm · Free · by pi0

  Elegant Console Wrapper

• ctrlz-cli-dev

  npm · Free · by patdiletx

  Tu mente tiene un ctrl+z - IA local para restaurar tu contexto cognitivo

• dargs

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Reverse minimist. Convert an object of options into an array of command-line arguments.

• dashdash

  npm · Free · by trentm

  A light, featureful and explicit option parsing library.

• @deriv-com/shiftai-cli

  npm · Free · by deriv-web

  A comprehensive AI code detection and analysis CLI tool for tracking AI-generated code in projects

• direction

  npm · Free · by wooorm

  Detect the direction of text: left-to-right, right-to-left, or neutral

• elegant-spinner

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Elegant spinner for interactive CLI apps

• enquirer

  npm · Free · by jonschlinkert

  Stylish, intuitive and user-friendly prompt system. Fast and lightweight enough for small projects, powerful and extensible enough for the most advanced use cases.

• fast-string-truncated-width

  npm · Free · by fabiospampinato

  A fast function for calculating where a string should be truncated, given an optional width limit and an ellipsis string.

• fast-string-width

  npm · Free · by fabiospampinato

  A fast function for calculating the visual width of a string once printed to the terminal.

• figures

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Unicode symbols with fallbacks for older terminals

• gradient-string

  npm · Free · by bokub

  Beautiful color gradients in terminal output

• has-flag

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Check if argv has a specific flag

• html-minifier-terser

  npm · Free · by sibiraj-s

  Highly configurable, well-tested, JavaScript-based HTML minifier.

• http-server

  npm · Free · by thornjad

  A simple zero-configuration command-line http server

• hyperlinker

  npm · Free · by jamestalmage

  Write hyperlinks in the terminal.

• import-local

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Let a globally installed package use a locally installed version of itself if available

• inquirer-autocomplete-prompt

  npm · Free · by mokkabonna

  Autocomplete prompt for inquirer

• is-in-ci

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Check if the process is running in a Continuous Integration (CI) environment

• @isaacs/cliui

  npm · Free · by isaacs

  easily create complex multi-column command-line-interfaces

• jackspeak

  npm · Free · by isaacs

  A very strict and proper argument parser.

• kleur

  npm · Free · by lukeed

  The fastest Node.js library for formatting terminal text with ANSI colors~!

• listr

  npm · Free · by samverschueren

  Terminal task list

• log-symbols

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Colored symbols for various log levels. Example: `✔︎ Success`

• log-update

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal. Useful for rendering progress bars, animations, etc.

• meow

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  CLI app helper

• @mk-notes/cli

  npm · Free · by myastro

  Markdown to Notion synchronization CLI 🔄

• mri

  npm · Free · by lukeed

  Quickly scan for CLI flags and arguments

• nanospinner

  npm · Free · by usmanyunusov

  The simplest and tiniest terminal spinner for Node.js

• ncp

  npm · Free · by mmalecki

  Asynchronous recursive file copy utility.

• nodemon

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  Simple monitor script for use during development of a Node.js app.

• npm-run-path

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Get your PATH prepended with locally installed binaries

• optionator

  npm · Free · by gkz

  option parsing and help generation

• pa11y

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  Pa11y is your automated accessibility testing pal

• piccolore

  npm · Free · by GitHub Actions

  A tiny, zero-dependency library for styling terminal text

• picocolors

  npm · Free · by alexeyraspopov

  The tiniest and the fastest library for terminal output formatting with ANSI colors

• powershell-utils

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Utilities for executing PowerShell commands

• progress

  npm · Free · by turbopope

  Flexible ascii progress bar

• proj-track

  npm · Free · by ali_raza_arain

  Auto-capture CLI command history per-project with zero terminal interference.

• prompts

  npm · Free · by terkelg

  Lightweight, beautiful and user-friendly prompts

• readline2

  npm · Free · by sboudrias

  Readline Façade fixing bugs and issues found in releases 0.8 and 0.10

• restore-cursor

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Gracefully restore the CLI cursor on exit

• rimraf

  npm · Free · by isaacs

  A deep deletion module for node (like `rm -rf`)

• sade

  npm · Free · by lukeed

  Smooth (CLI) operator 🎶

• @sakasegawa/ncli

  npm · Free · by sakasegawa

  CLI for Notion — MCP + REST API support

• slice-ansi

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Slice a string with ANSI escape codes

• stdout-update

  npm · Free · by keindev

  Updates the previous output in the terminal. Useful for correct rendering progress bars, animations, etc.

• supports-color

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Detect whether a terminal supports color

• uglify-js

  npm · Free · by alexlamsl

  JavaScript parser, mangler/compressor and beautifier toolkit

• update-notifier

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Update notifications for your CLI app

• @xterm/xterm

  npm · Free · by tyriar

  Full xterm terminal, in your browser

• yargs

  npm · Free · by oss-bot

  yargs the modern, pirate-themed, successor to optimist.

• yargs-parser

  npm · Free · by oss-bot

  the mighty option parser used by yargs

• yn

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  Parse yes/no like values

• yoctocolors-cjs

  npm · Free · by sindresorhus

  CommonJS version - The smallest and fastest command-line coloring package on the internet