Awesome Vorpal 
A curated list of delightful Vorpal-based projects and extensions.
Vorpal is Node's first framework for building immersive CLI applications.
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[By Brian Rinaldi] (http://developer.telerik.com/featured/creating-node-js-command-line-utilities-improve-workflow/)
An excellent introduction to Vorpal, Brian Rinaldi from Telerik walks you through developing a sophisticated Vorpal app from scratch.
A brief introduction to Vorpal by the author of daily-javascript.com.
Projects
Cash
Cross-platform Linux commands without the suck.
Raptor
Performance testing CLI for Firefox developers.
iTunes-remote
Control iTunes on the CLI.
phunt
Access [Product Hunt](https://www.producthunt.com/) on the CLI. *Trended on (you guessed it) Product Hunt.*
trelew
Access [Trello](https://trello.com/) on the CLI.
wat
Community-built docs for every language, platform and library.
metronome
A live metronome on the CLI.
fastack
A zero-config tool that makes developing client-side apps easy.
cbcluster
CLI for Couchbase Server Clusters.
quotr
View stock exchange quotes.
Vantage
`CLI` + `SSH` + `REPL` for your live Node app.
birdknife
A full featured [Twitter](https://twitter.com/) CLI.
tv-remote-cli
CLI for remotely controlling your Smart TV.
launch
Automating meteor builds to the AppStore, TestFlight, Hockey, Google Play, and more
lifxsh
Interactive shell for controlling [LIFX](http://www.lifx.com) smart lights.
Awesome projects and applications built using Vorpal.
Extensions
less
Implementation of the `less` command.
grep
Implementation of the `grep` command.
repl
Drops your CLI into a REPL within your app's context.
tour
Build an interactive tour for your Vorpal app.
watch
Updates your live Vorpal extensions in realtime.
log
Advanced logging utility.
set-or-print
Easily set / get arguments with commands.
use
Import Vorpal extensions live: while your app is running.
hacker-news
Pulls the top trending items from Hacker News.
rc
Simple .rc file support.
comment
Bash-like comment support.
as-default
Triggers Vorpal task in case it runs without any specificly defined task.
Extensions add to the functionality of Vorpal - programmatically or live.