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prompts vs @clack/prompts

CLI tools and terminal utilitiesPackage data 25 Sept 2026

The two packages

promptsv2.4.2, 7 Oct 2021

Lightweight, beautiful and user-friendly prompts

$ npm install prompts
@clack/promptsv1.8.1, 13 Sept 2026

Effortlessly build beautiful command-line apps 🪄 [Try the demo](https://stackblitz.com/edit/clack-prompts?file=index.js)

$ npm install @clack/prompts

At a glance

Metricprompts@clack/promptsDifference
Weekly downloads46,242,51817,849,520prompts 2.6x higher
12-month download growth+70%+772%@clack/prompts +702 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies24@clack/prompts 2 more
Unpacked size182 kB91 kB@clack/prompts 2.0x smaller
Latest release2.4.2, 7 Oct 20211.8.1, 13 Sept 2026@clack/prompts 4.9 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months012@clack/prompts 12 more
First published18 Feb 201813 Feb 2023prompts 5.0 years earlier
GitHub stars9,3138,075prompts +15%
Open issues11559prompts 56 more
Open pull requests3826prompts 12 more
Contributors65--
Commits, last 52 weeks0125@clack/prompts higher
TypeScript typesNoneBundledDiffers
Module formatCommonJSESM onlyDiffers
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

prompts46.2m latest week@clack/prompts17.8m 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

prompts

Major versions
  1. 0.0.018 Feb 2018
  2. 1.0.027 Aug 2018
  3. 2.0.06 Dec 2018
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.4.27 Oct 2021
  2. 2.4.11 Apr 2021
  3. 2.4.026 Oct 2020
  4. 2.3.218 Mar 2020
  5. 2.3.114 Feb 2020
35 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months

@clack/prompts

Major versions
  1. 0.0.113 Feb 2023
  2. 1.0.028 Jan 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 1.8.113 Sept 2026
  2. 1.8.07 Sept 2026
  3. 1.7.03 Jul 2026
  4. 1.6.019 Jun 2026
  5. 1.5.13 Jun 2026
48 releases in total, 12 in the last 12 months

API style

prompts

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@clack/prompts

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Notes

prompts

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@clack/prompts

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Which one fits

  • Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (prompts: CommonJS; @clack/prompts: ESM only)
  • Need to load it with require()prompts
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itself@clack/prompts (prompts: None; @clack/prompts: Bundled)
  • Node.js version requirementprompts: >= 6; @clack/prompts: >= 20.12.0 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent release@clack/prompts (1.8.1 on 13 Sept 2026 vs 2.4.2 on 7 Oct 2021)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsprompts (46.2m vs 17.8m)

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Sources

prompts: prompts npm registry, prompts npm downloads, prompts GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
@clack/prompts: @clack/prompts npm registry, @clack/prompts npm downloads, @clack/prompts GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.