Package · npm
yargs
npm · v18.2.0 · MIT
yargs the modern, pirate-themed, successor to optimist.
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Install
npm install yargsAdoption
- Downloads (30 days)
- 1B
- Observeddownloads / 30 days
- Popularity
- Top 1% on npm
- Derived100th percentile within npm
- Dependents
- 42.5K
- Observedpackages that depend on it
- Maintenance
- 0.95
- DerivedRelease cadence and recency, 0 to 1
- Releases per year
- 21
- 267 versions over its life
Growth by period
Derived by Crest of Tech from two observations of npm’s own figure, a period apart. Nothing is stored or estimated: without an observation near the period’s start, the period is still collecting.
- 7 days
- Collectinghistory
- Collecting
- 30 days
- −1.3% · 30d
- Derived−13.4M downloads / 30 days, SEP 24 → OCT 24
- 90 days
- +12.6% · 90d
- Derived+113.6M downloads / 30 days, JUL 26 → OCT 24
- 1 year
- +89.2% · 1y
- Derived+479.8M downloads / 30 days, OCT 27 → OCT 24
Adoption history
Adoption historydownloads / 30 days · 112 observations
Table of observations (112)
| Day | downloads / 30 days | Dependents |
|---|---|---|
| OCT 24, 2026 | 1,017,787,626 | 42,451 |
| OCT 5, 2026 | 1,092,353,635 | Not observed |
| OCT 4, 2026 | 1,092,353,635 | Not observed |
| OCT 3, 2026 | 1,110,106,942 | Not observed |
| OCT 2, 2026 | 1,084,550,774 | Not observed |
| OCT 1, 2026 | 1,086,111,910 | Not observed |
| SEP 30, 2026 | 1,077,685,148 | Not observed |
| SEP 29, 2026 | 1,064,791,463 | Not observed |
| SEP 28, 2026 | 1,029,147,536 | Not observed |
| SEP 27, 2026 | 994,542,213 | Not observed |
| SEP 26, 2026 | 1,010,891,768 | Not observed |
| SEP 25, 2026 | 1,033,034,537 | Not observed |
| SEP 24, 2026 | 1,031,203,168 | Not observed |
| SEP 23, 2026 | 1,025,473,976 | Not observed |
| SEP 22, 2026 | 1,016,932,116 | Not observed |
| SEP 21, 2026 | 986,167,215 | Not observed |
| SEP 20, 2026 | 956,293,112 | Not observed |
| SEP 19, 2026 | 968,915,382 | Not observed |
| SEP 18, 2026 | 987,889,587 | Not observed |
| SEP 17, 2026 | 986,795,654 | Not observed |
| SEP 16, 2026 | 982,429,279 | Not observed |
| SEP 15, 2026 | 971,620,985 | Not observed |
| SEP 14, 2026 | 990,242,856 | Not observed |
| SEP 13, 2026 | 960,053,977 | Not observed |
| SEP 12, 2026 | 938,585,719 | Not observed |
| SEP 11, 2026 | 961,074,825 | Not observed |
| SEP 10, 2026 | 960,725,212 | Not observed |
| SEP 9, 2026 | 955,062,853 | Not observed |
| SEP 8, 2026 | 947,734,304 | Not observed |
| SEP 7, 2026 | 966,526,039 | Not observed |
| SEP 6, 2026 | 985,322,851 | Not observed |
| SEP 5, 2026 | 1,003,494,364 | Not observed |
| SEP 4, 2026 | 1,018,110,631 | Not observed |
| SEP 3, 2026 | 1,019,024,442 | Not observed |
| SEP 2, 2026 | 1,063,229,315 | Not observed |
| SEP 1, 2026 | 1,054,399,630 | Not observed |
| AUG 31, 2026 | 1,024,325,615 | Not observed |
| AUG 30, 2026 | 999,731,910 | Not observed |
| AUG 29, 2026 | 1,017,324,474 | Not observed |
| AUG 28, 2026 | 1,040,342,751 | Not observed |
| AUG 27, 2026 | 1,042,720,517 | Not observed |
| AUG 26, 2026 | 1,040,991,674 | Not observed |
| AUG 25, 2026 | 1,037,272,525 | Not observed |
| AUG 24, 2026 | 1,008,578,290 | Not observed |
| AUG 23, 2026 | 982,448,009 | Not observed |
| AUG 22, 2026 | 999,898,874 | Not observed |
| AUG 21, 2026 | 1,021,552,498 | Not observed |
| AUG 20, 2026 | 1,024,120,204 | Not observed |
| AUG 19, 2026 | 1,022,279,187 | Not observed |
| AUG 18, 2026 | 1,016,241,801 | Not observed |
| AUG 17, 2026 | 988,616,736 | Not observed |
| AUG 16, 2026 | 967,528,528 | Not observed |
| AUG 15, 2026 | 984,645,061 | Not observed |
| AUG 14, 2026 | 1,005,462,930 | Not observed |
| AUG 13, 2026 | 1,044,752,679 | Not observed |
| AUG 12, 2026 | 1,041,860,909 | Not observed |
| AUG 11, 2026 | 1,037,015,501 | Not observed |
| AUG 10, 2026 | 993,575,687 | Not observed |
| AUG 9, 2026 | 967,609,477 | Not observed |
| AUG 8, 2026 | 983,549,222 | Not observed |
| AUG 7, 2026 | 1,002,819,769 | Not observed |
| AUG 6, 2026 | 1,002,430,224 | Not observed |
| AUG 5, 2026 | 1,005,029,146 | Not observed |
| AUG 4, 2026 | 996,985,837 | Not observed |
| AUG 3, 2026 | 967,302,589 | Not observed |
| AUG 2, 2026 | 940,202,169 | Not observed |
| AUG 1, 2026 | 951,324,667 | Not observed |
| JUL 31, 2026 | 969,876,936 | Not observed |
| JUL 30, 2026 | 969,117,728 | Not observed |
| JUL 29, 2026 | 964,252,586 | Not observed |
| JUL 28, 2026 | 958,828,286 | Not observed |
| JUL 27, 2026 | 930,589,994 | Not observed |
| JUL 26, 2026 | 904,178,882 | Not observed |
| JUL 20, 2026 | 912,393,589 | Not observed |
| JUL 13, 2026 | 898,384,433 | Not observed |
| JUL 6, 2026 | 899,811,358 | Not observed |
| JUN 29, 2026 | 859,420,368 | Not observed |
| JUN 22, 2026 | 832,213,517 | Not observed |
| JUN 15, 2026 | 806,079,119 | Not observed |
| JUN 8, 2026 | 792,115,861 | Not observed |
| JUN 1, 2026 | 811,143,611 | Not observed |
| MAY 25, 2026 | 797,302,225 | Not observed |
| MAY 18, 2026 | 785,525,494 | Not observed |
| MAY 11, 2026 | 762,799,152 | Not observed |
| MAY 4, 2026 | 739,847,826 | Not observed |
| APR 27, 2026 | 728,739,852 | Not observed |
| APR 20, 2026 | 726,964,999 | Not observed |
| APR 13, 2026 | 725,954,261 | Not observed |
| APR 6, 2026 | 731,696,888 | Not observed |
| MAR 30, 2026 | 743,777,175 | Not observed |
| MAR 23, 2026 | 730,223,575 | Not observed |
| MAR 16, 2026 | 703,138,087 | Not observed |
| MAR 9, 2026 | 675,002,495 | Not observed |
| MAR 2, 2026 | 647,125,925 | Not observed |
| FEB 23, 2026 | 624,118,652 | Not observed |
| FEB 16, 2026 | 601,399,964 | Not observed |
| FEB 9, 2026 | 582,795,766 | Not observed |
| FEB 2, 2026 | 553,061,703 | Not observed |
| JAN 26, 2026 | 476,440,320 | Not observed |
| JAN 19, 2026 | 415,951,271 | Not observed |
| JAN 12, 2026 | 415,095,217 | Not observed |
| JAN 5, 2026 | 430,116,857 | Not observed |
| DEC 29, 2025 | 494,214,349 | Not observed |
| DEC 22, 2025 | 561,072,951 | Not observed |
| DEC 15, 2025 | 572,402,248 | Not observed |
| DEC 8, 2025 | 565,514,076 | Not observed |
| DEC 1, 2025 | 552,156,695 | Not observed |
| NOV 24, 2025 | 540,477,132 | Not observed |
| NOV 17, 2025 | 546,360,902 | Not observed |
| NOV 10, 2025 | 545,186,829 | Not observed |
| NOV 3, 2025 | 539,294,592 | Not observed |
| OCT 27, 2025 | 538,000,836 | Not observed |
Facts from the registry
- Latest version
- v18.2.0
- 267 versions
- First published
- NOV 23, 2013
- Last release
- SEP 20, 2026
- 33d ago
- Licence
- MIT
Repository
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Dependencies latest version · v18.2.0
Runtime 6
- cliui
^9.0.1 - escalade
^3.1.1 - get-caller-file
^2.0.5 - string-width
^8.2.1 - y18n
^5.0.5 - yargs-parser
^22.0.0
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