# meow changelog

> meow release notes.

- Vendor: meow
- Category: Developer Tools
- Official site: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow#readme
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow)
- Harvested from: GitHub (sindresorhus/meow)
- Entries below: 10 (newest first)

What's New is an index, not a publisher: every entry below links to the vendor's own release notes, which are the authoritative source. Entries are labelled where they are hand-curated sample data, pre-releases, or drawn from a secondary source such as a developer blog.

## Releases

### 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

- 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

###### 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

### v13.2.0

- Date: 2024-02-06
- Version: v13.2.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v13.2.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v13.2.0

- Add [`helpIndent`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow?tab=readme-ov-file#helpindent) option (#241)  e9a55cd

https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v13.1.0...v13.2.0

### v13.1.0

- Date: 2024-01-04
- Version: v13.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v13.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v13.1.0

- Remove `hardRejection` option  99fe7a6
  - It's the default behavior in Node.js since Node.js 16.

https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v13.0.0...v13.1.0

### v13.0.0

- Date: 2023-12-22
- Version: v13.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v13.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v13.0.0

###### Breaking

- Require Node.js 18  2ecd29d

###### Improvements

- Update dependencies  2ecd29d

https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v12.1.1...v13.0.0

### v12.1.1

- Date: 2023-08-27
- Version: v12.1.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v12.1.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v12.1.1

- Fix TypeScript types (#245)  8a4cecd

https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v12.1.0...v12.1.1

### v12.1.0

- Date: 2023-08-16
- Version: v12.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v12.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v12.1.0

- Bundle dependencies (#242)  41e628c
	- `meow` is now [dependency-less](https://packagephobia.com/result?p=meow)!

https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v12.0.1...v12.1.0

### v12.0.1

- Date: 2023-05-04
- Version: v12.0.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v12.0.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v12.0.1

- Fix flag `default` values validation (#238)  c3bf62b

https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v12.0.0...v12.0.1

### v12.0.0

- Date: 2023-05-02
- Version: v12.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v12.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v12.0.0

###### Breaking

- Require Node.js 16 (#235)  24d5e9c
- Rename `alias` flag option to [`shortFlag`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow#flags) (#225)  14e870d
	- Short flag is a more correct term for what `alias` was previously used for. We now have a separate `aliases` option for actual aliases.
- As a reminder, Meow continues to require ESM. For TypeScript users, this includes having [`"module": "node16", "moduleResolution": "node16"` in your tsconfig](https://gist.github.com/sindresorhus/a39789f98801d908bbc7ff3ecc99d99c#how-can-i-make-my-typescript-project-output-esm).

###### Improvements

- Add [`aliases`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow#flags) flag option (#226)  901b9fc
- Add [`choices`](https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow#flags) flag option (#228)  149d7af
- Add error when `flag.default` isn't a valid choice (#231)  b2d7ce7
- Don't indent single line `help` / `description` text (#232)  a5d15e8

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Thanks to @tommy-mitchell  for doing most of the work on this release 🙌

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https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v11.0.0...v12.0.0

### v11.0.0

- Date: 2022-10-11
- Version: v11.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/releases/tag/v11.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/meow/releases/v11.0.0

###### Breaking

- Require Node.js 14  01cf2a5

###### Improvements

- Improve TypeScript types (#218)  6c57fc8

https://github.com/sindresorhus/meow/compare/v10.1.5...v11.0.0