@stacksjs/cli

Stacks CLI

The simple way to build beautiful CLIs.

☘️ Features

• 🎨 Easily create beautiful CLI apps
• ⚡️ Lightweight, user-friendly, interactive prompts
• 🚦 Elegant terminal spinners
• ⛑️ Helper methods to run commands

🤖 Usage

bun install -d @stacksjs/cli

Now, you can use it in your project:

// command.ts
// you may create create a relatively complex CLI UI/UX via the following:
import { command, ExitCode, italic, prompts, spawn, spinner } from '@stacksjs/cli'

const stacks = command('stacks')

stacks
  .command('example', 'A dummy command') // bun buddy example
  .option('-i, --install', 'The install option', { default: true })
  .action(async (options) => {
    if (options.install)
      await install()

    const answer = await prompts.select({
      type: 'select',
      message: 'Are you trying to run this command?',
      choices: [
        { title: 'Run the command', value: 'run' },
        { title: 'Do not run the command', value: 'do-not-run' },
      ],
    })

    if (answer === 'run')
      install()
    else if (answer === 'do-not-run')
      log.info('Not running the command')
    else process.exit(ExitCode.InvalidArgument)
  })

async function install() {
  try {
    const spin = spinner('Running...').start()
    setTimeout(() => {
      spin.text = italic('This may take a few moments...')
    }, 5000)
    await spawn('bun install')
    spin.stop()
  }
  catch (error) {
    log.error(error)
  }
}

command.help() // automatically expose a -h and --help flag
command.version(version) // automatically expose a -v and --version flag
command.parse() // parse the command

You may now run the command via:

bun command.ts

CLI Apps

Setup

The intro and outro functions will print a message to begin or end a prompt session, respectively.

import { intro, outro } from '@stacksjs/cli'

intro(`create-my-app`)
// Do stuff
outro(`You're all set!`)

Cancellation

The isCancel function is a guard that detects when a user cancels a question with CTRL + C. You should handle this situation for each prompt, optionally providing a nice cancellation message with the cancel utility.

import { cancel, isCancel, text } from '@stacksjs/cli'

const value = await text(/* TODO */)

if (isCancel(value)) {
  cancel('Operation cancelled.')
  process.exit(0)
}

Components

Text

The text component accepts a single line of text.

import { text } from '@stacksjs/cli'

const meaning = await text({
  message: 'What is the meaning of life?',
  placeholder: 'Not sure',
  initialValue: '42',
  validate(value) {
    if (value.length === 0)
      return `Value is required!`
  },
})

Confirm

The confirm component accepts a yes or no answer. The result is a boolean value of true or false.

import { confirm } from '@stacksjs/cli'

const shouldContinue = await confirm({
  message: 'Do you want to continue?',
})

Select

The select component allows a user to choose one value from a list of options. The result is the value prop of a given option.

import { select } from '@stacksjs/cli'

const projectType = await select({
  message: 'Pick a project type.',
  options: [
    { value: 'ts', label: 'TypeScript' },
    { value: 'js', label: 'JavaScript' },
    { value: 'coffee', label: 'CoffeeScript', hint: 'oh no' },
  ],
})

Multi-Select

The multiselect component allows a user to choose many values from a list of options. The result is an array with all selected value props.

import { multiselect } from '@stacksjs/cli'

const additionalTools = await multiselect({
  message: 'Select additional tools.',
  options: [
    { value: 'eslint', label: 'ESLint', hint: 'recommended' },
    { value: 'prettier', label: 'Prettier' },
    { value: 'gh-action', label: 'GitHub Action' },
  ],
  required: false,
})

Spinner

The spinner component surfaces a pending action, such as a long-running download or dependency installation.

import { spinner } from '@stacksjs/cli'

const s = spinner()
s.start('Installing via npm')
// Do installation here
s.stop('Installed via npm')

Utilities

Grouping

Grouping prompts together is a great way to keep your code organized. This accepts a JSON object with a name that can be used to reference the group later. The second argument is an optional but has a onCancel callback that will be called if the user cancels one of the prompts in the group.

import * as p from '@stacksjs/cli'

const group = await p.group(
  {
    name: () => p.text({ message: 'What is your name?' }),
    age: () => p.text({ message: 'What is your age?' }),
    color: ({ results }) =>
      p.multiselect({
        message: `What is your favorite color ${results.name}?`,
        options: [
          { value: 'red', label: 'Red' },
          { value: 'green', label: 'Green' },
          { value: 'blue', label: 'Blue' },
        ],
      }),
  },
  {
    // On Cancel callback that wraps the group
    // So if the user cancels one of the prompts in the group this function will be called
    onCancel: ({ results }) => {
      p.cancel('Operation cancelled.')
      process.exit(0)
    },
  }
)

console.log(group.name, group.age, group.color)

Tasks

Execute multiple tasks in spinners.

await p.tasks([
  {
    title: 'Installing via npm',
    task: async (message) => {
      // Do installation here
      return 'Installed via npm'
    },
  },
])

To view a more detailed example, check out Buddy.

You may also use any of the following CLI utilities:

import {
  ansi256Bg,
  bgBlack,
  bgBlue,
  bgCyan,
  bgGray,
  bgGreen,
  bgLightBlue,
  bgLightCyan,
  bgLightGray,
  bgLightGreen,
  bgLightMagenta,
  bgLightRed,
  bgLightYellow,
  bgMagenta,
  bgRed,
  bgWhite,
  bgYellow,
  black,
  blue,
  bold,
  cyan,
  dim,
  gray,
  green,
  hidden,
  inverse,
  italic,
  lightBlue,
  lightCyan,
  lightGray,
  lightGreen,
  lightMagenta,
  lightRed,
  lightYellow,
  link,
  magenta,
  red,
  reset,
  strikethrough,
  underline,
  white,
  yellow
} from '@stacksjs/cli'

log.info(`hello ${bold(italic('world'))}`)

To view the full documentation, please visit https://stacksjs.org/cli.

🧪 Testing

bun test

📈 Changelog

Please see our releases page for more information on what has changed recently.

🚜 Contributing

Please review the Contributing Guide for details.

🏝 Community

For help, discussion about best practices, or any other conversation that would benefit from being searchable:

Discussions on GitHub

For casual chit-chat with others using this package:

Join the Stacks Discord Server

🙏🏼 Credits

Many thanks to the following core technologies & people who have contributed to this package:

• CAC
• Clack
• Ora
• Consola
• Chris Breuer
• All Contributors

📄 License

The MIT License (MIT). Please see LICENSE for more information.

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