Package

specialist

A library that helps you write tiny, fast and beautiful CLI apps that can automatically check for updates.

v2.0.0, 8 Feb 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install specialist

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 30.5k; -4% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 4; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 7 months ago; v2.0.0
GitHub stars: 28; 3 forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: 3

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.

30,523 downloads last week, 151,566 in the last month. The 12-month change of -4% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: -
Latest version: 2.0.0, 8 Feb 20267 months ago
First published: -
Last push to GitHub: 17 Jul 202669 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 3
Dependents on npm: 26

Major versions

Recent releases

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 4.6 kB
Dependencies (4): tiny-bintiny-colorstiny-updatertiny-parse-argv

Install

npm install specialist

CDN

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

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

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