CLI tools and terminal utilities

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• ansi-grayThe color gray, in ansi.
• lsofiFind processes occupying a given port
• figletCreates ASCII Art from text. A full implementation of the FIGfont spec.
• ansi-to-htmlConvert ansi escaped text streams to html.
• picospinnerA lightweight, no dependency, pluggable CLI spinner library.
• subargparse arguments with recursive contexts
• binary-versionGet the version of a binary in semver format
• binary-version-checkCheck whether a binary version satisfies a semver range
• agent-installInstall SKILL.md files, MCP servers, and AGENTS.md guidance for any coding agent. Ships both a Node API and a CLI.
• npm-run-all2A CLI tool to run multiple npm-scripts in parallel or sequential. (Maintenance fork)
• gradient-stringBeautiful color gradients in terminal output
• @redocly/cli[@Redocly](https://redocly.com) CLI is your all-in-one API documentation utility. It builds, manages, improves, and quality-checks your API descriptions, all of which comes in handy for various phases of the API Lifecycle. Create your own rulesets to make
• argsMinimal toolkit for building CLIs
• prettyjsonPackage for formatting JSON data in a coloured YAML-style, perfect for CLI output
• cli-tableauPretty unicode tables for the CLI
• cz-conventional-changelogCommitizen adapter following the conventional-changelog format.
• tokenxFast token estimation with 95%+ average accuracy in a 2kB bundle
• @assistant-ui/reactOpen-source TypeScript/React library for building production-grade AI chat experiences
• inquirer-autocomplete-promptAutocomplete prompt for inquirer
• grok-mermaidRender Mermaid diagrams as Unicode box-drawing art for terminals
• env-cmdExecutes a command using the environment variables in an env file
• commitizenGit commit, but play nice with conventions.
• agent-browserBrowser automation CLI for AI agents
• yeoman-environmentHandles the lifecyle and bootstrapping of generators in a specific environment
• minimistedHandy wrapper of `minimist`
• @xterm/addon-web-linksAn addon for [xterm.js](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js) that enables web links. This addon requires xterm.js v4+.
• @gitbeaker/restCross Platform implementation of the GitLab API
• replace-in-fileA simple utility to quickly replace text in one or more files.
• @xterm/headlessA headless terminal component that runs in Node.js
• @napi-rs/cliCli tools for napi-rs
• shxPortable Shell Commands for Node
• markdownlint-cli2A fast, flexible, configuration-based command-line interface for linting Markdown/CommonMark files with the `markdownlint` library
• eight-colorsEight colors for the console
• json-2-csvA JSON to CSV and CSV to JSON converter that natively supports sub-documents and auto-generates the CSV heading.
• acpxHeadless CLI client for the Agent Client Protocol (ACP) — talk to coding agents from the command line
• @xterm/addon-webglAn addon for [xterm.js](https://github.com/xtermjs/xterm.js) that enables a WebGL2-based renderer. This addon requires xterm.js v4+.
• @openclaw/libterminalShared TypeScript terminal protocol, streaming, browser, Node, and Worker primitives
• termi-linkThis library provides terminal links for terminals that support them.
• yeoman-generatorRails-inspired generator system that provides scaffolding for your apps
• @sentry/expo-upload-sourcemapsCLI to upload bundles and source maps from Expo builds to Sentry.
• ansi-redThe color red, in ansi.
• tokenjuiceLean output compaction for terminal-heavy agent workflows.
• charmansi control sequences for terminal cursor hopping and colors
• eas-cliEAS command line tool
• config-file-tsUse Typescript for configuration files. Types for safety. Compiled for speed.
• clapCommand line argument parser
• size-limitCLI tool for Size Limit
• promptlySimple command line prompting utility
• ansi-cyanThe color cyan, in ansi.
• readline2Readline Façade fixing bugs and issues found in releases 0.8 and 0.10

• chalk vs yoctocolors
• yargs vs clipanion
• cli-color vs chalk
• chalk vs ansi-escapes
• yargs-parser vs clipanion
• nanocolors vs kleur
• tsx vs effect
• standard-version vs commit-and-tag-version
• yoctocolors vs chalk-animation
• markdownlint-cli2 vs markdownlint-cli
• @inquirer/core vs enquirer
• prompts vs @clack/prompts
• defuddle vs md-to-pdf
• log-update vs chalk-animation
• replace-in-file vs cpx
• yoctocolors vs cli-color
• tsx vs typed-scss-modules
• clipanion vs cleye
• effect vs typed-scss-modules