# lukeed/sade

Smooth (CLI) Operator 🎶

Repository: https://github.com/lukeed/sade
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/sade
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: cli, cli-app, command-line, yargs, commander, argv
Last push: 2024-09-27T00:48:27+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3197, "days_push": 706, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1079, forks 24 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:30.368804+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, parser, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, web-development
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: argv-parsing, subcommands, help-generation, cli-builder, javascript, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- lukeed/sade (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.368804+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 2026-08-30T06:53:05.037879+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/lukeed/sade (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:30.368804+00:00, sha fbbb5ae3f028)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/sade (fetched 2026-08-29T12:54:00.462038+00:00, sha 50ef9af42fb3)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.