Package

cac

Simple yet powerful framework for building command-line apps.

v7.0.0, 27 Feb 2026MITESM onlyTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install cac

npm GitHub Homepage

Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 35.2m; +148% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 6 months ago; v7.0.0
GitHub stars: 3.1k; 121 forks
Open issues / PRs: 28 / 11
Contributors: 34
Commits, last 52 weeks: 41

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

35,183,732 downloads last week, 177,243,004 in the last month. The 12-month change of +148% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 1121 in total
Latest version: 7.0.0, 27 Feb 20266 months ago
First published: 14 Jan 2016
Last push to GitHub: 18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 28
Open pull requests: 11
Commits, last 52 weeks: 41
Dependents on npm: 3,647

Major versions

v7 first release 7.0.0, 27 Feb 2026
v6 first release 6.0.0, 25 Nov 2018
v5 first release 5.0.0, 18 Apr 2018
v4 first release 4.0.0, 26 Jul 2017
v3 first release 3.0.0, 27 Oct 2016
v2 first release 2.0.0, 28 Aug 2016
v1 first release 1.0.0, 29 Apr 2016
v0 first release 0.0.0, 14 Jan 2016

Recent releases

Version	Published
7.0.0	27 Feb 2026
6.7.14	29 Aug 2022
6.7.13	29 Aug 2022
6.7.12	12 Nov 2021
6.7.11	12 Oct 2021
6.7.10	12 Oct 2021
6.7.9	12 Oct 2021
6.7.8	8 Oct 2021
6.7.7	6 Oct 2021
6.7.6	6 Oct 2021
6.7.5	6 Oct 2021
6.7.4	6 Oct 2021
6.7.3	22 Apr 2021
6.7.2	17 Feb 2021

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=20.19.0
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 40 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install cac

CDN

jsDelivr: 290.4k requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cac@7.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/cac@7.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/cac@7.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
@clack/prompts Effortlessly build beautiful command-line apps 🪄 [Try the demo](https://stackblitz.com/edit/clack-prompts?file=index.js)	17.8m	-	11 days ago	ESM only	-
@clack/core Clack contains low-level primitives for implementing your own command-line applications.	17.8m	-	11 days ago	ESM only	-
mri Quickly scan for CLI flags and arguments	16.4m	-	5 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
sade Smooth (CLI) operator 🎶	6.9m	-	4 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
type-flag Typed command-line arguments parser	387.8k	-	6 days ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.