vadimdemedes/pastel
🎨 Next.js-like framework for CLIs made with Ink observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
71/100
- Activity 73
- Release rhythm 51
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 153
- age_days: 2691
- days_rel: 165
- days_push: 165
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
2406 stars · 43 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Pastel is a Next.js-like framework for building command-line apps with Ink, the React-based terminal UI renderer. Commands are defined by creating files in a commands folder, with options and arguments typed via Zod and help messages auto-generated.
Use cases
- build a cli app with react and ink
- create a command-line tool with subcommands and typed options
- auto-generate help text for a node cli
- scaffold a typescript cli project
- build terminal ui apps without manual argument parsing
When to choose
- you want a file-based, convention-over-configuration structure for an Ink CLI
- you need type-safe options and arguments via Zod
- you want auto-generated help output built on Commander
When to avoid
- you need a simple CLI without terminal UI, where plain Commander or yargs suffices
- you don't want a React/Ink dependency
- you need a framework with a large ecosystem or long-term LTS guarantees
Facets
framework · maturity active
cli web-framework routing form-handling developer-tools web-development cli cross-platform ink react zod commander typescript terminal-ui cli-framework command-line nodejs
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/vadimdemedes/pastel · fetched 2026-08-28 · a9b51473cfa5
- homepage: https://term.ink/pastel · fetched 2026-08-29 · 85b61bcae6c4
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/pastel · fetched 2026-08-29 · c9c487b86314
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| vadimdemedes/pastel | main | 71 |
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