enquirer

Stylish, user-friendly command-line prompts for interactive Node.js tools.

enquirer

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Stylish, user-friendly command-line prompts for interactive Node.js tools.

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The Problem

Building CLI prompts by hand is tedious and inconsistent, especially when you need support for confirmations, lists, input masks, and validation across many terminal environments.

What It Does

enquirer provides a modern prompt system with expressive question definitions, built-in prompt types, and clean terminal output. It makes interactive command-line workflows easy to configure without pulling in a heavy dependency.

Installation

bash
npm install enquirer

Usage Example

js
import Enquirer from "enquirer";

const enquirer = new Enquirer();
const response = await enquirer.prompt({
  type: "input",
  name: "email",
  message: "Enter your email",
  validate(value) {
    return value.includes("@") ? true : "Please enter a valid email address.";
  },
});

console.log("Email:", response.email);

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