Package

yargs-parser

the mighty option parser used by yargs

v22.0.0, 26 May 2025ISCESM onlyTypes: NoneCLI tools and terminal utilities

$ npm install yargs-parser

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 193.6m; +64% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 year ago; v22.0.0
GitHub stars: 519; 129 forks
Open issues / PRs: 38 / 9
Contributors: 63
Commits, last 52 weeks: 8

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.

193,621,681 downloads last week, 884,549,721 in the last month. The 12-month change of +64% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 071 in total
Latest version: 22.0.0, 26 May 20251 year ago
First published: 23 Jan 2016
Last push to GitHub: 18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 38
Open pull requests: 9
Commits, last 52 weeks: 8
Dependents on npm: 3,786

Major versions

v22 first release 22.0.0, 26 May 2025
v21 first release 21.0.0, 16 Nov 2021
v20 first release 20.0.0, 9 Sept 2020
v19 first release 19.0.0, 9 Aug 2020
v18 first release 18.0.0, 2 Mar 2020
v17 first release 17.0.0, 10 Feb 2020
v16 first release 16.0.0, 27 Oct 2019
v15 first release 15.0.0, 7 Oct 2019
v14 first release 14.0.0, 6 Sept 2019
v13 first release 13.0.0, 2 Feb 2019
v12 first release 12.0.0, 29 Jan 2019
v11 first release 11.0.0, 6 Oct 2018
v10 first release 10.0.0, 4 Apr 2018
v9 first release 9.0.0, 20 Jan 2018
v8 first release 8.0.0, 5 Oct 2017
v7 first release 7.0.0, 2 May 2017
v6 first release 6.0.0, 1 May 2017
v5 first release 5.0.0, 18 Feb 2017
v4 first release 4.0.0, 26 Sept 2016
v3 first release 3.1.0, 9 Aug 2016
v2 first release 2.0.0, 6 Feb 2016
v1 first release 1.0.0, 23 Jan 2016

Recent releases

Version	Published
22.0.0	26 May 2025
21.1.1	4 Aug 2022
21.1.0	3 Aug 2022
21.0.1	27 Feb 2022
21.0.0	16 Nov 2021
20.2.9	20 Jun 2021
15.0.3	20 Jun 2021
15.0.2	20 Jun 2021
20.2.7	10 Mar 2021
5.0.1	10 Mar 2021
20.2.6	22 Feb 2021
20.2.5	13 Feb 2021
20.2.4	9 Nov 2020
20.2.3	16 Oct 2020

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: None
Node.js engine range: ^20.19.0 || ^22.12.0 || >=23
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 84 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install yargs-parser

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/yargs-parser@22.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/yargs-parser@22.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/yargs-parser@22.0.0

Alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
clipanion Type-safe CLI library / framework with no runtime dependencies	3.6m	-	2 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	yargs-parser vs clipanion
optimist Light-weight option parsing with an argv hash. No optstrings attached.	3.5m	-	12 years ago	CommonJS	-
jackspeak A very strict and proper argument parser.	81.1m	-	7 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
commander the complete solution for node.js command-line programs	375.2m	-	3 months ago	ESM only	-
dashdash A light, featureful and explicit option parsing library.	16.1m	-	5 years ago	CommonJS	-
command-line-args A mature, feature-complete library to parse command-line options.	5.7m	-	6 months ago	ESM + CommonJS	-

Comparisons

yargs-parser vs clipanion

Comparisonyargs-parser vs clipanion

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

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