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A scrollable terminal pager for Node.js with less-style navigation.

2 starsTypeScript

Less-pager-mini: What a cross-platform pager would be like

by dawson0·Jul 25, 2026·2 points·1 comment

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Yet another less clone in TypeScript when the original C binary is already installed everywhere.

Strengths
  • Disables dangerous shell escapes by default when used as a library, improving security.
  • Handles giant files instantly by streaming input rather than buffering everything in memory.
  • Offers a programmatic API for embedding pagination directly into Node.js applications.
Weaknesses
  • Reimplementing less in JS adds dependency bloat when the system binary is universal.
  • Lacks the decades of edge-case handling and performance tuning of the original GNU less.
Target Audience

Node.js developers building CLI tools

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Very likely the only one you can find on npm

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