commander vs yargs
Estimated humans, week by week
- commander
- yargs
- npm downloads (same color, dashed)
The 12-month chart is drawn in the browser from the npm API.
commander vs yargs: which is more popular?
| package | npm / week | humans / week | inflation | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| commander | 728,849,738 | 728,791,451–728,849,738 | less than 1% | high |
| yargs | 369,701,435 | 369,657,924–369,701,435 | less than 1% | high |
Snapshot from the daily build of Nov 3, 2026, last 7 days of npm data. With JavaScript on, this page recomputes it live with a 12-month chart.
By estimated real human installs, commander is ahead of yargs by about 2.0×: about 728,845,445 vs 369,696,379 a week. npm's raw counts are 728,849,738 for commander and 369,701,435 for yargs, which include mirrors, scanners and crawlers.
How the estimate works
- Cut the spike every new version gets from mirrors in its first days.
- Subtract the flat floor robots download from every version each week.
- Show what is left as a range, with an honest confidence level.