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clipanion vs cleye

CLI tools and terminal utilitiesPackage data 25 Sept 2026

The two packages

clipanionv4.0.0-rc.4, 6 Sept 2024

Type-safe CLI library / framework with no runtime dependencies

$ npm install clipanion
cleyev2.7.0, 19 Sept 2026

The intuitive CLI development tool

$ npm install cleye

At a glance

MetricclipanioncleyeDifference
Weekly downloads3,617,160332,747clipanion 10.9x higher
12-month download growth+53%+498%cleye +446 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies13cleye 2 more
Unpacked size229 kB78 kBcleye 2.9x smaller
Latest release4.0.0-rc.4, 6 Sept 20242.7.0, 19 Sept 2026cleye 2.0 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months011cleye 11 more
First published28 Mar 20195 Jan 2022clipanion 2.8 years earlier
GitHub stars1,256690clipanion 1.8x higher
Open issues346clipanion 28 more
Open pull requests80clipanion 8 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks040cleye higher
TypeScript typesBundledBundledSame
Module formatESM + CommonJSESM + CommonJSSame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.

Downloads over 52 weeks

clipanion3.6m latest weekcleye332.7k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

Release history

clipanion

Major versions
  1. 0.13.028 Mar 2019
  2. 2.0.010 Aug 2019
  3. 3.0.08 Jul 2021
Last 5 releases
  1. 3.2.15 Jun 2023
  2. 3.2.017 Feb 2023
  3. 3.1.027 Sept 2021
  4. 3.0.120 Jul 2021
  5. 3.0.08 Jul 2021
36 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

cleye

Major versions
  1. 1.0.05 Jan 2022
  2. 2.0.06 Nov 2025
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.7.019 Sept 2026
  2. 2.6.018 Apr 2026
  3. 2.5.017 Apr 2026
  4. 2.4.017 Apr 2026
  5. 2.3.06 Mar 2026
22 releases in total, 11 in the last 12 months

API style

clipanion

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cleye

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Notes

clipanion

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cleye

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Which one fits

  • Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
  • Need the more recent releasecleye (2.7.0 on 19 Sept 2026 vs 4.0.0-rc.4 on 6 Sept 2024)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsclipanion (3.6m vs 332.7k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

Other comparisons with clipanion or cleye

Sources

clipanion: clipanion npm registry, clipanion npm downloads, clipanion GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
cleye: cleye npm registry, cleye npm downloads, cleye GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

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