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gar

The lightweight Node arguments parser

v1.0.4MITCommonJSTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities
$ npm install gar
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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026
Weekly downloads
263.3k
+112% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size
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No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies
0
Direct, from package.json
Last release
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v1.0.4
GitHub stars
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Open issues / PRs
- / -
Contributors
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Commits, last 52 weeks
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Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21
0100k200k300k400kSept 2025Mar 2026Sept 2026High 396.2k (7 Jul 2026)Low 81.8k (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.

263,302 downloads last week. The 12-month change of +112% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Releases, last 12 months
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Latest version
1.0.4
First published
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Last push to GitHub
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Repository archived
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Open issues
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Open pull requests
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Commits, last 52 weeks
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Dependents on npm
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Major versions

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Recent releases

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Module format
CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types
None
Node.js engine range
Not declared
Runtimes
-
Unpacked size (npm)
4.3 kB
Dependencies (0)
None
npm install gar
  • jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/gar@1.0.4/
  • unpkghttps://unpkg.com/gar@1.0.4/
  • esm.shhttps://esm.sh/gar@1.0.4
PackageWeekly downloadsGzipLast releaseModuleComparison
argh35.4k-7 years agoCommonJS-
@oclif/core7.9m-todayCommonJS-
sywac23.6k-6 years agoCommonJS-
commander375.2m-3 months agoESM only-
@expo/commander6.7k-6 years agoCommonJS-
command-line-args5.7m-6 months agoESM + CommonJS-
ts-command-line-args349.8k-3 years agoCommonJS-
argv-tools26.8k-6 years ago--
Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Not indexed (discovery only): deprecated.