Optionator is a JavaScript, Node.js option parsing and help generation library. It parses command-line style inputs, validates options and argument types (including suggested corrections for invalid options), and can generate formatted help text for commands and individual options.
Project status
- Maintenance status: The project appears to be in low-activity maintenance mode, with the most recently documented change being around help text wrapping and dependency/version bumps. The last known upstream push time is 2024-04-26, but no newer update details are included in the provided summaries.
- Update cadence: Documented updates are sparse, with 0.9.3 in 2023-06, 0.9.2 also in 2023-06, and 0.9.1 in 2020-04, indicating long gaps and a generally infrequent release/update rhythm.
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Recent updates
0.9.3
6/28/2023Release 0.9.3 appears to be a minimal update. The only substantive code change is in help text wrapping, where the underlying `word-wrap` dependency is swapped to `@aashutoshrathi/word-wrap`, alongside version string bumps across source, build output, and README.
0.9.2
6/28/2023Release 0.9.2 primarily bumps the package version and the embedded VERSION constant from 0.9.1 to 0.9.2. The only substantive non-version change visible in the diff is a dependency rename for word wrapping and the removal of the package-lock.json file.
0.9.1
4/4/2020Release 0.9.1 was published on 2020-04-04, but the publisher did not provide any release notes. As a result, there is no documented information about new features, fixes, or breaking changes in this release.