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cliui

easily create complex multi-column command-line-interfaces

v9.0.1, 17 Mar 2025ISCESM onlyTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities
$ npm install cliui
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
179.7m
+79% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
-
No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
3
Direct, from package.json
Last release
1 year ago
v9.0.1
GitHub stars
395
44 forks
Open issues / PRs
11 / 0
Contributors
20
Commits, last 52 weeks
7

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100m200m300mSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 240.6m (25 Aug 2026)Low 64.4m (23 Dec 2025)
Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

179,677,425 downloads last week, 867,729,947 in the last month. The 12-month change of +79% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months
027 in total
Latest version
9.0.1, 17 Mar 20251 year ago
First published
20 Apr 2015
Last push to GitHub
4 Sept 202620 days before the snapshot
Repository archived
No
Open issues
11
Open pull requests
0
Commits, last 52 weeks
7
Dependents on npm
2,106

Major versions

  1. v9 first release 9.0.0, 16 Mar 2025
  2. v8 first release 8.0.0, 30 Sept 2022
  3. v7 first release 7.0.0, 16 Aug 2020
  4. v6 first release 6.0.0, 16 Nov 2019
  5. v5 first release 5.0.0, 10 Apr 2019
  6. v4 first release 4.0.0, 18 Dec 2017
  7. v3 first release 3.0.0, 13 Oct 2015
  8. v2 first release 2.0.0, 22 Apr 2015
  9. v1 first release 1.0.0, 20 Apr 2015

Recent releases

VersionPublished
9.0.117 Mar 2025
9.0.016 Mar 2025
8.0.11 Oct 2022
8.0.030 Sept 2022
7.0.49 Nov 2020
7.0.316 Oct 2020
7.0.215 Oct 2020
7.0.116 Aug 2020
7.0.016 Aug 2020
6.0.016 Nov 2019
5.0.010 Apr 2019
4.1.023 Apr 2018
4.0.018 Dec 2017
3.2.011 Apr 2016

Compatibility

Module format
ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
>=20
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
56 kB
Dependencies (3)
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Install

npm install cliui

CDN

  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/cliui@9.0.1/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/cliui@9.0.1/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/cliui@9.0.1

Alternatives

PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
@isaacs/cliui73.2m-7 months agoESM + CommonJS-
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.