npm package discovery and stats viewer.

Discover Tips

  • General search

    [free text search, go nuts!]

  • Package details

    pkg:[package-name]

  • User packages

    @[username]

Sponsor

Optimize Toolset

I’ve always been into building performant and accessible sites, but lately I’ve been taking it extremely seriously. So much so that I’ve been building a tool to help me optimize and monitor the sites that I build to make sure that I’m making an attempt to offer the best experience to those who visit them. If you’re into performant, accessible and SEO friendly sites, you might like it too! You can check it out at Optimize Toolset.

About

Hi, 👋, I’m Ryan Hefner  and I built this site for me, and you! The goal of this site was to provide an easy way for me to check the stats on my npm packages, both for prioritizing issues and updates, and to give me a little kick in the pants to keep up on stuff.

As I was building it, I realized that I was actually using the tool to build the tool, and figured I might as well put this out there and hopefully others will find it to be a fast and useful way to search and browse npm packages as I have.

If you’re interested in other things I’m working on, follow me on Twitter or check out the open source projects I’ve been publishing on GitHub.

I am also working on a Twitter bot for this site to tweet the most popular, newest, random packages from npm. Please follow that account now and it will start sending out packages soon–ish.

Open Software & Tools

This site wouldn’t be possible without the immense generosity and tireless efforts from the people who make contributions to the world and share their work via open source initiatives. Thank you 🙏

© 2026 – Pkg Stats / Ryan Hefner

@byfriends/cli

v0.3.2

Published

BYF (Be Your Friend), an AI coding agent that runs in your terminal

Vulnerabilities

Powered byPowered by Snyk
  • 0High
  • 0Medium
  • 0Low

Links

Git

Maintainers

byfriendbyfriend

Keywords

byfcliterminalaicoding-agenttui

Readme

@byfriends/cli

BYF (Be Your Friend) — an AI coding agent that runs in your terminal

npm License

Install

npm (recommended)

npm install -g @byfriends/cli

Or with pnpm:

pnpm add -g @byfriends/cli

Quick install (macOS/Linux)

curl -fsSL https://github.com/ByronFinn/byf/releases/latest/download/install.sh | bash

Quick install (Windows)

irm https://github.com/ByronFinn/byf/releases/latest/download/install.ps1 | iex

Quick Start

Open a project and start the interactive UI:

cd your-project
byf

You can also start with an inline prompt:

byf "Explain the main directories in this repository"

Configure your provider credentials or API key in ~/.byf/config.toml, then start a session.

Key Features

  • Single-binary distribution. Install with one command — no Node.js setup, no PATH gymnastics, no global module conflicts.
  • Blazing-fast startup. The TUI is ready in milliseconds, so opening a session never feels heavy.
  • Polished TUI. A carefully tuned interface designed for long, focused agent sessions.
  • Video input. Drop a screen recording or demo clip into the chat — let the agent watch instead of typing out what's hard to describe in words.
  • AI-native MCP configuration. Add, edit, and authenticate Model Context Protocol servers conversationally via /mcp-config — no hand-editing JSON.
  • Subagents for focused, parallel work. Dispatch built-in coder, explore, and plan subagents in isolated context windows; the main conversation stays clean.
  • Lifecycle hooks. Run local commands at key points — gate risky tool calls, audit decisions, fire desktop notifications, wire into your own automation.

Documentation

See the main repository README for documentation.

Repository & Issues

  • Source: https://github.com/ByronFinn/byf
  • Issues: https://github.com/ByronFinn/byf/issues
  • Security: see SECURITY.md in the main repository

License

Proprietary — see LICENSE for terms.