first-run

Check if it's the first time the process is run

Can be used to greet the user the first time they use your CLI app, show usage tip, initialize something, etc.

Install

npm install first-run

// x.js
import isFirstRun from 'first-run';

console.log(isFirstRun({name: 'x'}));

$ node x.js
true
$ node x.js
false

Clear the state.

Type: object

Type: string

The name used to identify it.

Usually, you would fetch the name field from package.json.