cliui is a Node.js (and Deno and ESM) helper for building formatted, multi-column command line interfaces. It provides a small layout DSL with methods like div and span to render text with alignment, padding, borders, and optional wrapping to a string.
Project status
- Active maintenance: GitHub shows an upstream push on 2026-05-12, which suggests the project is not entirely abandoned, but the most recent published updates in the provided history are from 2025-03-17 (v9.0.1), so the release cadence appears intermittent.
- Apparent updates cadence: There was a major set of updates within two days in March 2025 (v9.0.0, v9.0.1, v9.0.1-deno). Prior to that, there is a long gap between 2022-10 (v8.0.1) and 2025-03, indicating quiet periods between bursts of updates.
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Recent updates
v9.0.1-deno
The v9.0.1-deno release contains essentially a Deno-targeted build output, adding a new compiled implementation plus TypeScript declarations under build/lib. No release notes were provided, so the documented vs actual comparison relies entirely on the code diff.
v9.0.1
v9.0.1 is a small release focused on fixing CommonJS compatibility. The only functional code change adds an export alias intended to make `require("cliui")` behave as expected in CJS environments.
v9.0.0
v9.0.0 makes cliui ESM-only, and the package metadata and test/CI setup were updated accordingly. The implementation also changed how string widths and ANSI wrapping are handled, switching from an internal minimal string helper to the upstream string-width/strip-ansi/wrap-ansi dependencies.
Breakingv8.0.1
Release v8.0.1 makes a dependency management change, moving rollup-plugin-ts out of runtime dependencies. The only code diff shown is within the package metadata (package.json) plus an updated changelog entry.
v8.0.0
Release v8.0.0 primarily updates the supported Node.js versions and dependency versions. While the release notes mention dropping Node 10 to address CVE-2021-3807, the diff shows additional changes to the package metadata (Node engine requirement) and build tooling dependencies.
BreakingSecurityv7.0.4
cliui v7.0.4 contains a documented Deno related fix for importing UIOptions from type definitions. The code changes also adjust the core TypeScript typings and defaulting behavior around UIOptions.wrap and the cliui() function argument handling.
Breakingv7.0.3
Release v7.0.3 contains a small packaging fix related to Node.js 13.0 and 13.1 handling of the package.json exports field. The main code change adjusts how exports is structured, and the version bump is accompanied by a dependency update in package.json.
v7.0.2
cliui v7.0.2 is a small maintenance release that primarily addresses Node 13 export resolution issues. The release notes mention an exports fallback fix, while the code diff also shows CI and release workflow changes plus devDependency upgrades.
v7.0.1
cliui v7.0.1 makes a packaging/build metadata fix so the package "main" points to the compiled CommonJS entry at build/index.cjs. The release notes only mention this build/main correction.
v7.0.0
cliui v7.0.0 modernizes the build and adds TypeScript-based support for ESM and Deno. The codebase also introduces new module entrypoints and a custom ANSI helper implementation to support environments where the original dependencies may not work as-is.
BreakingFeaturesv6.0.0
cliui v6.0.0 updates project dependencies and removes support for Node.js 6. This release is primarily a compatibility change, and it may require developers to upgrade their Node runtime to continue using the CLI UI utilities.
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