Package

nest-commander

A module for making CLI applications with NestJS. Decorators for running commands and separating out config parsers included. This package works on top of commander.

v3.21.0, 31 Aug 2026MITCommonJSTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install nest-commander

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 426.3k; +68% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 5; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 24 days ago; v3.21.0
GitHub stars: 485; 60 forks
Open issues / PRs: 12 / 18
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 9

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.

426,264 downloads last week, 2,342,888 in the last month. The 12-month change of +68% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 253 in total
Latest version: 3.21.0, 31 Aug 202624 days ago
First published: 15 Jan 2021
Last push to GitHub: 25 Sept 2026same day as the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 12
Open pull requests: 18
Commits, last 52 weeks: 9
Dependents on npm: 253

Major versions

v3 first release 3.0.0, 26 Jul 2022
v2 first release 2.0.0, 10 Jul 2021
v1 first release 1.0.0, 15 Jan 2021

Recent releases

Version	Published
3.21.0	31 Aug 2026
3.20.1	2 Oct 2025
3.20.0	17 Sept 2025
3.19.1	4 Sept 2025
3.19.0	18 Aug 2025
3.18.0	15 Jul 2025
3.17.0	14 Mar 2025
3.16.1	28 Feb 2025
3.16.0	27 Jan 2025
3.15.0	14 Aug 2024
3.14.0	1 Jul 2024
3.13.0	23 Apr 2024
3.12.5	4 Dec 2023
3.12.4	30 Nov 2023

Compatibility

Module format: CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 113 kB
Dependencies (5): inquirercommandercosmiconfig@fig/complete-commander@golevelup/nestjs-discovery
Peer dependencies (3): @nestjs/core@nestjs/common@types/inquirer

Install

npm install nest-commander

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/nest-commander@3.21.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/nest-commander@3.21.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/nest-commander@3.21.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
nestjs-console A NestJS module that provide a cli	30.9k	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-
tree-node-cli Lists the contents of directories in a tree-like format, similar to the Linux tree command.	33.3k	-	6 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
interactive-commander Commander.js with integrated interactive prompts	57.2k	-	1 year ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

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

Indexability: Indexed.