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The "should we use node for the core business logic for my use case" thing is absolutely valid and depends.

But you'd be surprised about the "react for the front end of the CLI" part. I used this thing a whole six years ago in a complex interactive CLI and it came off great to use, maintainable and ergonomic. React is just one framework that proscribes to the "UI as declaritive/composable trees" pattern. And that UI doesn't have to be web based. That pattern works for all UI's I've come across.

Its the pattern that is a good reason to do this. And not react/js landscape. That part is probably a bonus for many though.