Clack Prompts
Framework for building beautiful, user-friendly command-line interfaces.
Dev workflow and config npm MIT
Used in agent projects
24
0.2% of 12,697 public repos built with AI coding agents
Rank in dev workflow and config
#71 of 88
by use in those projects
Downloads
29.6M
npm, last 7 days, @clack/prompts
GitHub stars
8,097
last push Oct 3, 2026
How Clack Prompts is used
Clack Prompts is a dependency in 24 of the 12,697 public GitHub projects set up for AI coding agents that we scanned (0.2%), #71 of 88 in dev workflow and config. The most used alternative there is dotenv. Projects that use it most often also use Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) (58.3%), Husky (45.8%), Zod (50.0%).
Often used with Clack Prompts
| Model Context Protocol SDK (JavaScript) | 58.3% of Clack Prompts projects · 12.3× more than average |
|---|---|
| Husky | 45.8% of Clack Prompts projects · 7.3× more than average |
| Zod | 50.0% of Clack Prompts projects · 2.9× more than average |
| tsx | 37.5% of Clack Prompts projects · 3.8× more than average |
| lint-staged | 33.3% of Clack Prompts projects · 7.2× more than average |
| esbuild | 29.2% of Clack Prompts projects · 10.8× more than average |
| TypeScript | 79.2% of Clack Prompts projects |
| Vitest | 33.3% of Clack Prompts projects · 2.7× more than average |
By coding agent
| Claude Code | 0.5% of projects set up for it |
|---|---|
| GitHub Copilot | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| Cursor | 0.4% of projects set up for it |
| OpenAI Codex | 1.1% of projects set up for it |
Share of public repos configured for each agent that list Clack Prompts as a dependency.
Install
| Package | npm install @clack/prompts |
|---|---|
| Main stacks | TypeScript / JavaScript (22), Next.js (2) |
| Example projects | getsentry/MobileBuildMCP, Gerstep/cybos, steve228uk/metro-mcp, mkellerman/bmad-mcp-server, lirantal/agent-rules |
Alternatives to Clack Prompts
| Tool | Used in agent projects | Downloads / wk | GitHub stars | License |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| dotenv npm Load environment variables from .env files into process.env. |
2,001 (15.8%) | 189M | 20.5K | BSD-2-Clause |
| python-dotenv pypi Load environment variables from .env files in Python applications. |
828 (6.5%) | 156M | 8,898 | BSD-3-Clause |
| Husky npm Modern Git hooks manager for running tasks on git events. |
797 (6.3%) | 36.2M | 35.3K | MIT |
| lint-staged npm Run linters on git staged files to catch issues before commit. |
591 (4.7%) | 29.5M | 14.7K | MIT |
| concurrently npm Run multiple npm scripts concurrently for efficient development workflows. |
572 (4.5%) | 22.2M | 7,856 | MIT |
| cross-env npm Set environment variables across Windows, Mac and Linux in npm scripts. |
265 (2.1%) | 25.8M | 6,521 | MIT |
| Pydantic Settings pypi Settings management and configuration from environment variables using Pydantic. |
251 (2.0%) | 96.8M | 1,475 | — |
| Rich pypi Python library for rich text and beautiful formatting in terminal output. |
243 (1.9%) | 117M | 57.5K | MIT |