clipanionv4.0.0-rc.4, 6 Sept 2024
Type-safe CLI library / framework with no runtime dependencies
$ npm install clipanion| Metric | yargs-parser | clipanion | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 193,621,681 | 3,617,160 | yargs-parser 53.5x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +64% | +53% | yargs-parser +12 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 1 | clipanion 1 more |
| Unpacked size | 84 kB | 229 kB | yargs-parser 2.7x smaller |
| Latest release | 22.0.0, 26 May 2025 | 4.0.0-rc.4, 6 Sept 2024 | yargs-parser 9 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 | 0 | Same |
| First published | 23 Jan 2016 | 28 Mar 2019 | yargs-parser 3.2 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 519 | 1,256 | clipanion 2.4x higher |
| Open issues | 38 | 34 | yargs-parser 4 more |
| Open pull requests | 9 | 8 | yargs-parser 1 more |
| Contributors | 63 | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 8 | 0 | yargs-parser higher |
| TypeScript types | None | Bundled | Differs |
| Module format | ESM only | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | ISC | MIT | Differs |
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.
yargs-parser193.6m latest weekclipanion3.6m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
yargs-parser
Major versions
- 1.0.023 Jan 2016
- 2.0.06 Feb 2016
- 3.1.09 Aug 2016
- 4.0.026 Sept 2016
- 5.0.018 Feb 2017
- 6.0.01 May 2017
- 7.0.02 May 2017
- 8.0.05 Oct 2017
- 9.0.020 Jan 2018
- 10.0.04 Apr 2018
- 11.0.06 Oct 2018
- 12.0.029 Jan 2019
- 13.0.02 Feb 2019
- 14.0.06 Sept 2019
- 15.0.07 Oct 2019
- 16.0.027 Oct 2019
- 17.0.010 Feb 2020
- 18.0.02 Mar 2020
- 19.0.09 Aug 2020
- 20.0.09 Sept 2020
- 21.0.016 Nov 2021
- 22.0.026 May 2025
Last 5 releases
- 22.0.026 May 2025
- 21.1.14 Aug 2022
- 21.1.03 Aug 2022
- 21.0.127 Feb 2022
- 21.0.016 Nov 2021
71 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
clipanion
Major versions
- 0.13.028 Mar 2019
- 2.0.010 Aug 2019
- 3.0.08 Jul 2021
Last 5 releases
- 3.2.15 Jun 2023
- 3.2.017 Feb 2023
- 3.1.027 Sept 2021
- 3.0.120 Jul 2021
- 3.0.08 Jul 2021
36 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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clipanion
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- Need no runtime dependenciesyargs-parser (yargs-parser has 0, clipanion has 1)
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsclipanion (yargs-parser: ESM only; clipanion: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()clipanion
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfclipanion (yargs-parser: None; clipanion: Bundled)
- Node.js version requirementyargs-parser: ^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=23; clipanion: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releaseyargs-parser (22.0.0 on 26 May 2025 vs 4.0.0-rc.4 on 6 Sept 2024)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsyargs-parser (193.6m vs 3.6m)
- Licenseyargs-parser: ISC; clipanion: MIT
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yargs-parser: yargs-parser npm registry, yargs-parser npm downloads, yargs-parser GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
clipanion: clipanion npm registry, clipanion npm downloads, clipanion GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
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