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I don't get why people don't try to use other languages for these type of CLI tools. I get that they are familiar with JavaScript, but npm is a nightmare right now and I wouldn't install anything with it for some time.
There's always shell scripting available, also Go, Rust and lots of other options (I specifically don't mention Python, as pip is also a bit problematic).
How is Rust not problematic? Cargo has the same risks involved afaik