I have never written anything in Node so can't comment directly on whether it's a good language for CLI tools, but: > Command line tools are minimal and should

I have never written anything in Node so can't comment directly on whether it's a good language for CLI tools, but: > Command line tools are minimal and should be usable on bare-bones systems I disagree. I run a very graphical desktop, but nonetheless have a strong preference towards CLI tools when they are for relatively simple tasks. I think this tool makes sense as a CLI tool rather than as a non-CLI tool. Given that, the question comes down to "given that this will be a CLI tool, what language should the author have used?". In almost all cases, unless portability is a string concern, this comes down to personal preference.