help-me is a Node.js “help” command utility intended to generate help output for Node programs, designed to work with minimist and commist. It reads help text files from a specified directory (defaulting to .txt) and can create streams or print to stdout, with examples for use both directly and via commist’s command system.
Project status
- Maintenance status: The most recent upstream update is from 2024-02-12, and the last few tagged updates are from 2023-12 and earlier, so the repository looks quiet/dormant rather than actively maintained as of 2026-08-12.
- Update cadence: Updates appear infrequent (roughly yearly at best based on 2022-12, 2023-12, and a 2024-02 push, with multi-year gaps between some points).
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Recent updates
v5.0.0
v5.0.0 removes the use of the glob package for discovering help files. Instead of using glob to match files, the implementation switches to reading directory contents directly.
v4.2.0
Release v4.2.0 is presented as a small bug fix intended to ensure the default output stream correctly emits streaming events. The code change actually introduces a custom default Writable stream and also switches core stream utilities.
v4.1.0
v4.1.0 updates the help-me utility to make its toStdout helper Promise-based, and adds tests plus README examples. The main behavioral change is in help-me.js, where toStdout now returns a Promise and supports customization hooks for missing help handling.
BreakingFeaturesv4.0.1
v4.0.1 is a small Windows-focused bug fix release. It updates path handling so help file discovery works correctly when opts.dir is an absolute path on win32.
v4.0.0
v4.0.0 focuses on dependency updates and a few usability fixes. It also includes changes related to matching behavior and ensuring the example and help output work correctly, especially on Windows.