# optimist

> Light-weight option parsing with an argv hash. No optstrings attached.

Latest version **0.6.1** (published 2014-02-06) · MIT/X11 license · 0 weekly downloads

## Install

```sh
npm install optimist
pnpm add optimist
yarn add optimist
bun add optimist
```

## Health

**Score 18/100 (F)** — status: abandoned.

Positive: has types package; no vulnerabilities.

Warnings: low downloads; no esm support; pre 1.0.

Negative: abandoned; low maintenance score.

## Facts

| | |
|---|---|
| Version | 0.6.1 |
| Published | 2014-02-06 |
| First published | 2010-12-21 |
| Weekly downloads | 0 |
| License | MIT/X11 |
| TypeScript types | separate (@types/optimist) |
| Module format | CommonJS |
| Dependencies | 2 |
| Known vulnerabilities | 0 (+2 in 1 direct dependencies) |
| Install scripts | no |
| Author | James Halliday |
| Maintainers | substack |
| Keywords | argument, args, option, parser, parsing, cli, command |

## Links

- npm: https://www.npmjs.com/package/optimist
- Repository: http://github.com/substack/node-optimist
- Homepage: https://github.com/substack/node-optimist
- Issues: https://github.com/substack/node-optimist/issues
- npm.io page: https://npm.io/package/optimist

## Dependencies (2)

- [minimist](https://npm.io/package/minimist.md) ~0.0.1
- [wordwrap](https://npm.io/package/wordwrap.md) ~0.0.2

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## Recent versions

- 0.6.1 (latest) — 2014-02-06
- 0.6.0 — 2013-06-25
- 0.5.2 — 2013-05-31
- 0.5.1 — 2013-05-30
- 0.5.0 — 2013-05-18
- 0.4.0 — 2013-04-13
- 0.3.7 — 2013-04-04
- 0.3.6 — 2013-04-04
- 0.3.5 — 2012-10-10
- 0.3.4 — 2012-04-30
- 0.3.3 — 2012-04-30
- 0.3.1 — 2011-12-31
- 0.3.0 — 2011-12-09
- 0.2.8 — 2011-10-20
- 0.2.7 — 2011-10-20
- … 24 more at https://npm.io/package/optimist/versions

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