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@types/yargs
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npm install --save @types/yargs
This package contains type definitions for yargs (https://github.com/chevex/yargs).
Files were exported from https://github.com/DefinitelyTyped/DefinitelyTyped/tree/master/types/yargs.
These definitions were written by Martin Poelstra, Mizunashi Mana, Jeffery Grajkowski, Jimi (Dimitris) Charalampidis, Steffen Viken Valvåg, Emily Marigold Klassen, ExE Boss, Aankhen, and Ben Coe.
Commander is another popular npm package for building command line interfaces. It offers a high-level API for creating commands and options, similar to yargs. Commander is known for its simplicity and ease of use, but yargs provides more detailed control over argument parsing and generates more comprehensive help messages automatically.
Meow is a lighter alternative to yargs for building CLI tools. It focuses on simplicity and minimal configuration. While it is easier to set up for simple scripts, yargs offers more advanced features like command-specific options, middleware, and automatic help generation.
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The npm package @types/yargs receives a total of 73,378,432 weekly downloads. As such, @types/yargs popularity was classified as popular.
We found that @types/yargs demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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