# sindresorhus/emoj

Find relevant emoji from text on the command-line :open_mouth: :sparkles: :raised_hands: :horse: :boom: :see_no_evil:

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/emoj
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/emoj
Language: TypeScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-02-13T08:33:59+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 55/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 15, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3724, "days_push": 201, "days_rel": 356, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2430, forks 65 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:51.055935+00:00)

## What it is
emoj is a Node.js command-line tool that finds relevant emoji for a given text query using a local emoji database and neural matching. It supports live interactive search, clipboard copying, and skin tone selection.

## Use cases
- find emoji matching a phrase from the terminal
- copy an emoji to clipboard from the command line
- live search for emoji while typing
- set a default emoji skin tone
- quickly look up emoji for commit messages or chat

## When to choose
- you want fast, offline emoji lookup on macOS or Linux
- you prefer terminal tools over emoji pickers
- you want to pipe or script emoji selection

## When to avoid
- you are on Windows, where it doesn't work well
- you need a GUI emoji picker
- you need an emoji API or library for embedding in apps

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: cli, search-engine, nlp
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli
- tags: emoji, emoji-search, clipboard, live-search, typescript, command-line, natural-language-processing, nodejs, macos, linux

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/emoj (main) score 55

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.055935+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 2026-08-30T02:31:26.721147+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/emoj (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:51.055935+00:00, sha 207f7d16bb52)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/emoj (fetched 2026-08-29T10:12:59.810362+00:00, sha d03a665c49e9)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.