# meow: what changed from 13 to 14

- Product: meow (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow)
- Vendor: meow
- Range: changelog entries numbered after v13.2.0 up to and including v14.1.0, stable releases only
- Entries below: 2 releases (newest first)
- Resolved: 13 is v13.2.0 and 14 is v14.1.0, the newest stable release of each major we track
- Carrying security changes: 0 · CVEs mentioned: 0 · Mentioning breaking changes: 0 · Removing or deprecating something: 0
- Page: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/compare/13...14

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## What changed (7 changes, grouped by kind)

### Added

#### v14.1.0 (2026-02-20)

- Add `commands` option for subcommand parsing
- Add `input.isRequired` option to make input arguments required
- Export `AnyFlag` and `AnyFlags` types

### Changed

#### v14.1.0 (2026-02-20)

- Improve startup performance
- Accept camelCase flags in strict mode

#### v14.0.0 (2025-09-15)

- Require Node.js 20

### Fixed

#### v14.0.0 (2025-09-15)

- Fix incorrect automatic number conversion for flag values

## Release notes

### v14.1.0

- Date: 2026-02-20
- Version: v14.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v14.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v14.1.0

- **added** — Add `commands` option for subcommand parsing
- **added** — Add `input.isRequired` option to make input arguments required
- **added** — Export `AnyFlag` and `AnyFlags` types
- **changed** — Improve startup performance
- **changed** — Accept camelCase flags in strict mode

- Add `commands` option for subcommand parsing  ade4bb0
- Add `input.isRequired` option to make input arguments required  b1561c9
- Export `AnyFlag` and `AnyFlags` types  0afdc27
- Improve startup performance  cce0096
- Accept camelCase flags in strict mode  c3a4b9b

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https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v14.0.0...v14.1.0

### v14.0.0

- Date: 2025-09-15
- Version: v14.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v14.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v14.0.0

- **changed** — Require Node.js 20
- **fixed** — Fix incorrect automatic number conversion for flag values

###### Breaking

- Require Node.js 20  47b3bcb

###### Fixes

- Fix incorrect automatic number conversion for flag values  8f3909c

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https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v13.2.0...v14.0.0