# bombshell-dev/clack

Effortlessly build beautiful command-line apps

Repository: https://github.com/bombshell-dev/clack
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/clack
Homepage: https://bomb.sh/docs/clack/basics/getting-started/
Language: TypeScript
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: cli, command-line, command-line-app, node, prompt, prompts
Last push: 2026-08-26T18:16:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 95/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 91, longevity 93
- inputs: {"age_days": 1302, "days_push": 7, "days_rel": 61, "gap_med": 5.5, "n_releases_24m": 31}
- flags: no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 8025, forks 213 (observed 2026-08-28T04:10:11.897893+00:00)

## What it is
Clack is a TypeScript library for building beautiful, interactive command-line interfaces in JavaScript. It provides ready-to-use styled prompt components via @clack/prompts and headless, unstyled prompt primitives via @clack/core.

## Use cases
- build interactive cli prompts in node
- create a setup wizard for my cli tool
- ask users for text input and confirmations in a terminal app
- build multi-select menus for a command-line app
- add input validation to cli prompts
- build custom prompts with headless primitives
- handle user cancellation gracefully in a cli

## When to choose
- you are building a Node.js or Bun CLI and want polished, modern interactive prompts
- you need type-safe prompt components with built-in validation and cancel handling
- you want both prebuilt styled prompts and low-level primitives to build custom components

## When to avoid
- you need a full-screen terminal UI framework with layout and mouse support rather than inline prompts
- your project is not JavaScript/TypeScript based
- you only need simple argument parsing rather than interactive prompts

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: cli, developer-tools, ui-components, form-handling
- domain: developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: interactive-prompts, terminal-ui, typescript, esm, wizard, command-line-app, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- bombshell-dev/clack (main) score 95

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:10:11.897893+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-29T17:31:49.054656+00:00, confidence not recorded.
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- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.