lukeed/sade

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1079 stars · 24 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Sade is a small, fast Node.js library for building command-line interface (CLI) applications. It provides git-like subcommands, option flags with aliases, default values with type-casting, required argument handling, and automated help text generation.

Use cases

• build a CLI tool with subcommands in Node.js
• parse command-line arguments and option flags
• generate automated help text for a CLI app
• define required arguments and default option values
• create a git-style command interface for a script
• replace yargs or commander with a lighter CLI parser

When to choose

• you want a small, fast, zero-dependency CLI parser for Node.js
• you need git-like subcommands with per-command options and examples
• you want automated, well-formatted help text without extra work
• you prefer a simple, declarative API over heavier frameworks like yargs or commander

When to avoid

• you need a CLI framework with built-in prompts, plugins, or interactive features
• you are building CLIs outside the Node.js ecosystem
• you need advanced features like auto-generated shell completions or i18n
• you want a batteries-included framework with middleware and lifecycle hooks

Facets

library · maturity stable

cli parser developer-tools developer-tools web-development cli cross-platform argv-parsing subcommands help-generation cli-builder javascript command-line nodejs

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