sindresorhus/meow
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🐈 CLI app helper observed · 2026-09-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
72/100
- Activity 85
- Release rhythm 40
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 157
- age_days: 4391
- days_rel: 242
- days_push: 91
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
3714 stars · 154 forks observed · 2026-09-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
meow is a Node.js library that helps build command-line applications by parsing arguments and flags, and generating help and version output. It converts flags to camelCase, supports --no- negation, and requires no dependencies.
Use cases
- parse command-line arguments in a node cli app
- add --help and --version flags to a cli tool
- convert cli flags to camelCase
- build a user-friendly command-line utility in javascript
- define typed flags and required inputs for a cli
- handle subcommands in a nodejs cli
When to choose
- you are building a small-to-medium Node.js CLI app and want zero-dependency argument parsing with built-in help/version handling
When to avoid
- you need advanced features like auto-generated shell completions, complex subcommand trees, or rich interactive prompts
- you are not building a Node.js command-line application
Facets
library · maturity stable
cli parser developer-tools developer-tools cli argument-parsing flags help-text cli-helper command-line nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow · fetched 2026-09-28 · 63daf7fbd7cb
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/meow · fetched 2026-08-29 · 657eb7ea4418
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sindresorhus/meow | main | 72 |
For agents
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