Package

dashdash

A light, featureful and explicit option parsing library.

v2.0.0, 25 Sept 2020MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install dashdash

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 16.1m; -9% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 1; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 5 years ago; v2.0.0
GitHub stars: 175; 21 forks
Open issues / PRs: 16 / 8
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0

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.

16,080,460 downloads last week, 71,065,205 in the last month. The 12-month change of -9% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 029 in total
Latest version: 2.0.0, 25 Sept 20205 years ago
First published: 28 Feb 2013
Last push to GitHub: 5 Mar 20231,300 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 16
Open pull requests: 8
Commits, last 52 weeks: 0
Dependents on npm: 589

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 25 Sept 2020
v1 first release 1.0.0, 28 Feb 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.0.0	25 Sept 2020
1.14.1	22 Nov 2016
1.14.0	2 Jun 2016
1.13.1	22 Apr 2016
1.13.0	12 Feb 2016
1.12.2	18 Jan 2016
1.12.1	9 Jan 2016
1.12.0	8 Jan 2016
1.11.0	31 Dec 2015
1.10.1	11 Sept 2015
1.10.0	13 Apr 2015
1.9.0	7 Apr 2015
1.8.0	26 Mar 2015
1.7.3	5 Feb 2015

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: >=10.x
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 82 kB
Dependencies (1): assert-plus

Install

npm install dashdash

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/dashdash@2.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/dashdash@2.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/dashdash@2.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
yargs yargs the modern, pirate-themed, successor to optimist.	194.7m	-	4 days ago	ESM only	-
clipanion Type-safe CLI library / framework with no runtime dependencies	3.6m	-	2 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
optimist Light-weight option parsing with an argv hash. No optstrings attached.	3.5m	-	12 years ago	CommonJS	-
yargs-parser the mighty option parser used by yargs	193.6m	-	1 year ago	ESM only	-
jackspeak A very strict and proper argument parser.	81.1m	-	7 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.