cli-me

A tiny, just-for-fun CLI I hacked together. It currently ships one playful command: hello(). It asks your name and says hey in color. That's it. Simple vibes.

What is this?

• A bin-only util (no library entry point)
• ESM by default (see package.json)
• One command to start: hello
• Friendly to contributions — add more commands, refactors, docs, whatever

Quick start (local)

• Link it locally:
  • npm install
  • npm link
• Use it:
  • cli-me hello

You'll be prompted for your name and get a cheerful greeting from main().

Alternatively, without linking:

• node ./index.js hello

Global install (already linked)

• npm i -g @ellyb/cli-me
• Run it anywhere:
  • cli-me hello

Commands

• hello
  • Prompts for your name and prints a colored greeting via hello().

Why so minimal?

Because it's fun. Also because it's a clean starting point for you to play with commander + inquirer + chalk without wading through boilerplate.

Add your own commands

Totally encouraged. A quick pattern you can copy inside main():

program
  .command("your-cmd")
  .description("describe what it does")
  .option("-f, --flag", "optional flag")
  .action(async (opts) => {
    // do your thing
  });

Open a PR and ship your idea. Weird ideas welcome.

Tech bits

• CLI entry: index.js
• Bin mapping lives in package.json
• ESM only:
  • type: "module"
  • Chalk v5 is ESM
• Shebang is set to #!/usr/bin/env node at the top of index.js, so you naturally need to have node installed
• Dependencies:
  • commander for CLI ergonomics
  • @inquirer/prompts for interactive prompts
  • chalk for colors

Dev tips

• Linting/tests aren't set up — feel free to add them
• Keep commands small and focused
• If you add files, update docs so folks can discover your new goodies

Contributing

• Fork, branch, commit, open PR
• Keep the tone casual and helpful in messages and docs
• If you break something, no sweat — we'll fix it

License

ISC — do your thing.