| Metric | yargs | clipanion | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 194,727,979 | 3,617,160 | yargs 53.8x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +78% | +53% | yargs +26 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 6 | 1 | yargs 5 more |
| Unpacked size | 231 kB | 229 kB | clipanion 1% smaller |
| Latest release | 18.2.0, 20 Sept 2026 | 4.0.0-rc.4, 6 Sept 2024 | yargs 2.0 years more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 4 | 0 | yargs 4 more |
| First published | 23 Nov 2013 | 28 Mar 2019 | yargs 5.3 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 11,503 | 1,256 | yargs 9.2x higher |
| Open issues | 200 | 34 | yargs 166 more |
| Open pull requests | 11 | 8 | yargs 3 more |
| Contributors | 311 | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 21 | 0 | yargs higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM only | ESM + CommonJS | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
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.
yargs194.8m latest weekclipanion3.6m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
yargs
Major versions
- 1.0.023 Nov 2013
- 2.1.17 Feb 2015
- 3.0.012 Feb 2015
- 4.0.014 Feb 2016
- 5.0.016 Aug 2016
- 6.0.030 Sept 2016
- 7.0.026 Feb 2017
- 8.0.01 May 2017
- 9.0.03 Sept 2017
- 10.0.018 Oct 2017
- 11.0.022 Jan 2018
- 12.0.026 Jun 2018
- 13.1.012 Feb 2019
- 14.0.030 Jul 2019
- 15.0.010 Nov 2019
- 16.0.09 Sept 2020
- 17.0.02 May 2021
- 18.0.027 May 2025
Last 5 releases
- 18.2.020 Sept 2026
- 18.1.026 Jul 2026
- 17.7.319 Jun 2026
- 16.2.219 Jun 2026
- 18.0.027 May 2025
181 releases in total, 4 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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- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsclipanion (yargs: ESM only; clipanion: ESM + CommonJS)
- Need to load it with require()clipanion
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementyargs: ^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=23; clipanion: none declared (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releaseyargs (18.2.0 on 20 Sept 2026 vs 4.0.0-rc.4 on 6 Sept 2024)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsyargs (194.7m vs 3.6m)
Each line is generated from the data above.
- yargs-parser vs clipanion0 searches/mo
- clipanion vs cleyeNo search data
yargs: yargs npm registry, yargs npm downloads, yargs GitHub, yargs jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
clipanion: clipanion npm registry, clipanion npm downloads, clipanion GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Keyword demand: DataForSEO Google Ads search volume, US, English
Indexability: Indexed: 0 US searches/month across both orderings ("yargs vs clipanion", "clipanion vs yargs").