itap

A lightweight, AI-powered npm package finder — directly from your terminal.

Features

• 🔍 Semantic Search Understands vague queries like “cool typing effect” or “dropdown animation” using embeddings and vector similarity.

• ⚡ Instant Install Select a package and immediately install it without leaving the terminal.

• 🔢 Sort & Paginate Sort by downloads, stars, update date, or the community score.

📦 Installation

npm install -g itap-cli-demo

🛠 Usage

# Basic search
itap "your search query"

# Search and sort results automatically
itap "drag drop" --sort downloads
itap "react table" -s stars

Options:

• -s, --sort <type> — Sort the results automatically without prompting. Available values:

  • downloads (default)
  • stars
  • lastUpdated
  • itapScore – Custom ranking metric calculated based on user interaction data.

• -h, --help — Show help.

• -V, --version — Show version.

Example:

# Search for packages related to file upload, sorted by stars
itap "file upload" --sort stars

📄 License

MIT © Ribhav Sharma