create nodejs cli select/options menu

Question

How do you create an arrow-key menu list?

I'm looking for something like after entering in eslint init or create-react-app <project>? (see images below)

ESlint

yeoman

Searching around to find ways to create a CLI, I found NodeJS to be an option followed by a few tools: Commander.js, Vorpal, and/or create-new-cli.

If I am on the right track, how can I create a CLI arrow-key select menu?

Wolbrom

Answer 1

I believe yeoman is using inquirer. Source: yo's dependencies.

I've also seen prompts which has a similar arrow selection feature and other cli ui/ux features. See the demos about halfway down the page.

Note: I've never actually used either, I'm just in the same research phase.

Copartner

Inquirer nailed it. Thanks! – Wolbrom

Answer 2

looks like 'inquirer' (npm i inquirer)

also for progress bars and such you should look at clui (npm i clui)

for parsing commands most use commander (npm commander) or the open cli framework (npm i oclif) - you can also look at yargs (very similar to commander, npm i yargs)

inquirer and clui work very well with both command parsers.

Have fun.

Super