What's the difference between angular-cli and @angular/cli on npm

Question

There are 2 angular cli packages available on npm:

angular-cli which is currently at 1.0.0-beta.28.3

@angular/cli which is currently at 1.0.0-beta.31

What is the difference between these 2 packages, and which is the right one to use for a new project?

The angular docs aren't particularly clear here. https://cli.angular.io/ says to npm install -g angular-cli, while https://github.com/angular/angular-cli says to npm install -g @angular/cli

Suren Srapyan · Accepted Answer · 2017-08-29 09:44:01Z

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@angular/cli is the new package, which name is according to another Angular 2 modules names like @angular/common, @angular/router and so on.

And also @angular/cli requires Node 6.9.0 or higher, but angular-cli requires Node 4 or higher. So @angular/cli with Node 4 will not work.

answered Feb 10, 2017 at 8:35

Suren Srapyan

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