diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 4d43a66a..ee36b5b9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -5,13 +5,11 @@
   "author": "Jeff Dickey @jdxcode",
   "bugs": "https://github.com/anycli/config/issues",
   "dependencies": {
-    "cli-ux": "^3.3.13",
     "debug": "^3.1.0",
     "fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "fs-extra-debug": "^1.0.4",
     "globby": "^7.1.1",
     "load-json-file": "^4.0.0",
-    "lodash": "^4.17.4",
     "read-pkg": "^3.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
@@ -21,11 +19,9 @@
     "@types/fs-extra": "^5.0.0",
     "@types/globby": "^6.1.0",
     "@types/load-json-file": "^2.0.7",
-    "@types/lodash": "^4.14.100",
     "@types/mocha": "^2.2.48",
     "@types/nock": "^9.1.2",
     "@types/node": "^9.4.0",
-    "@types/node-notifier": "^0.0.28",
     "@types/read-pkg": "^3.0.0",
     "chai": "^4.1.2",
     "concurrently": "^3.5.1",
diff --git a/src/command.ts b/src/command.ts
index 7bff2def..92b14443 100644
--- a/src/command.ts
+++ b/src/command.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import * as Parser from '@anycli/parser'
-import * as _ from 'lodash'
 
 import * as Config from '.'
+import {mapValues} from './util'
 
 export interface Command {
   id: string
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ export namespace Command {
       usage: c.usage,
       hidden: c.hidden,
       aliases: c.aliases || [],
-      flags: _.mapValues(c.flags || {}, (flag, name) => {
+      flags: mapValues(c.flags || {}, (flag, name) => {
         if (flag.type === 'boolean') {
           return {
             name,
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ export namespace Command {
           required: flag.required,
           helpValue: flag.helpValue,
           options: flag.options,
-          default: _.isFunction(flag.default) ? flag.default({options: {}, flags: {}}) : flag.default,
+          default: typeof flag.default === 'function' ? flag.default({options: {}, flags: {}}) : flag.default,
         }
       }),
       args: c.args ? c.args.map(a => ({
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ export namespace Command {
         description: a.description,
         required: a.required,
         options: a.options,
-        default: _.isFunction(a.default) ? a.default({}) : a.default,
+        default: typeof a.default === 'function' ? a.default({}) : a.default,
         hidden: a.hidden,
       })) : {} as Command['args'],
     }
diff --git a/src/config.ts b/src/config.ts
index 492e7d01..3133db60 100644
--- a/src/config.ts
+++ b/src/config.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import cli from 'cli-ux'
 import * as os from 'os'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as readPkg from 'read-pkg'
@@ -133,7 +132,7 @@ export class Config extends Plugin.Plugin implements IConfig {
       const devPlugins = this.pjson.anycli.devPlugins
       if (devPlugins) this.loadPlugins(this.root, devPlugins)
     } catch (err) {
-      cli.warn(err)
+      process.emitWarning(err)
     }
 
     try {
@@ -142,7 +141,7 @@ export class Config extends Plugin.Plugin implements IConfig {
       if (!pjson.anycli) pjson.anycli = {schema: 1}
       this.loadPlugins(userPJSONPath, pjson.anycli.plugins)
     } catch (err) {
-      if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') cli.warn(err)
+      if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') process.emitWarning(err)
     }
 
     debug('config done')
diff --git a/src/manifest.ts b/src/manifest.ts
index 0b847516..995b2b86 100644
--- a/src/manifest.ts
+++ b/src/manifest.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-import cli from 'cli-ux'
-import * as globby from 'globby'
-import * as _ from 'lodash'
+import * as Globby from 'globby'
 import * as path from 'path'
 
 import {Command} from './command'
@@ -16,29 +14,32 @@ export namespace Manifest {
   export type FindCommandCB = (id: string) => Command.Class
 
   export function build(version: string, dir: string, findCommand: FindCommandCB): Manifest {
+    const globby: typeof Globby = require('globby')
     debug(`loading IDs from ${dir}`)
     const ids = globby.sync(['**/*.+(js|ts)', '!**/*.+(d.ts|test.ts|test.js)'], {cwd: dir})
     .map(file => {
       const p = path.parse(file)
       const topics = p.dir.split('/')
       let command = p.name !== 'index' && p.name
-      return _([...topics, command]).compact().join(':')
+      return [...topics, command].filter(f => f).join(':')
     })
     debug('found ids', ids)
     let commands = ids.map(id => {
       try {
         return [id, Command.toCached(findCommand(id))]
       } catch (err) {
-        cli.warn(err)
+        process.emitWarning(err)
       }
     })
 
     return {
       version,
-      commands: _(commands)
-        .compact()
-        .fromPairs()
-        .value()
+      commands: commands
+      .filter((f): f is [string, Command] => !!f)
+      .reduce((commands, [id, c]) => {
+        commands[id] = c
+        return commands
+      }, {} as {[k: string]: Command})
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/plugin.ts b/src/plugin.ts
index 99ffcb14..e386c47e 100644
--- a/src/plugin.ts
+++ b/src/plugin.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-import cli from 'cli-ux'
 import * as fs from 'fs-extra'
 import * as loadJSON from 'load-json-file'
-import * as _ from 'lodash'
 import * as path from 'path'
 import * as readPkg from 'read-pkg'
 import {inspect} from 'util'
@@ -12,6 +10,7 @@ import {Manifest} from './manifest'
 import {PJSON} from './pjson'
 import {Topic} from './topic'
 import {tsPath} from './ts_node'
+import {flatMap, mapValues} from './util'
 
 export interface Options {
   root: string
@@ -118,7 +117,7 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin {
     this.valid = this.pjson.anycli.schema === 1
 
     this._topics = topicsToArray(this.pjson.anycli.topics || {})
-    this.hooks = _.mapValues(this.pjson.anycli.hooks || {}, _.castArray)
+    this.hooks = mapValues(this.pjson.anycli.hooks || {}, i => Array.isArray(i) ? i : [i])
 
     this.manifest = this._manifest()
     this.loadPlugins(this.root, this.pjson.anycli.plugins || [])
@@ -167,9 +166,9 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin {
 
   _findCommand(id: string): Command.Class {
     const search = (cmd: any) => {
-      if (_.isFunction(cmd.run)) return cmd
+      if (typeof cmd.run === 'function') return cmd
       if (cmd.default && cmd.default.run) return cmd.default
-      return Object.values(cmd).find((cmd: any) => _.isFunction(cmd.run))
+      return Object.values(cmd).find((cmd: any) => typeof cmd.run === 'function')
     }
     const p = require.resolve(path.join(this.commandsDir!, ...id.split(':')))
     debug('require', p)
@@ -198,15 +197,15 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin {
         const p = tsPath(this.root, hook)
         debug('hook', event, p)
         const search = (m: any) => {
-          if (_.isFunction(m)) return m
-          if (m.default && _.isFunction(m.default)) return m.default
-          return Object.values(m).find((m: any) => _.isFunction(m))
+          if (typeof m === 'function') return m
+          if (m.default && typeof m.default === 'function') return m.default
+          return Object.values(m).find((m: any) => typeof m === 'function')
         }
 
         await search(require(p))(opts)
       } catch (err) {
         if (err.code === 'EEXIT') throw err
-        cli.warn(err)
+        process.emitWarning(err)
       }
     })
     promises.push(...this.plugins.map(p => p.runHook(event, opts)))
@@ -225,13 +224,13 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin {
         const p = path.join(this.root, '.anycli.manifest.json')
         const manifest: Manifest = loadJSON.sync(p)
         if (manifest.version !== this.version) {
-          cli.warn(`Mismatched version in ${this.name} plugin manifest. Expected: ${this.version} Received: ${manifest.version}`)
+          process.emitWarning(`Mismatched version in ${this.name} plugin manifest. Expected: ${this.version} Received: ${manifest.version}`)
         } else {
           debug('using manifest from', p)
           return manifest
         }
       } catch (err) {
-        if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') cli.warn(err)
+        if (err.code !== 'ENOENT') process.emitWarning(err)
       }
     }
     if (!this.ignoreManifest) {
@@ -259,7 +258,7 @@ export class Plugin implements IPlugin {
         }
         this.plugins.push(new Plugin(opts))
       } catch (err) {
-        cli.warn(err)
+        process.emitWarning(err)
       }
     }
     return plugins
@@ -270,9 +269,9 @@ function topicsToArray(input: any, base?: string): Topic[] {
   if (!input) return []
   base = base ? `${base}:` : ''
   if (Array.isArray(input)) {
-    return input.concat(_.flatMap(input, t => topicsToArray(t.subtopics, `${base}${t.name}`)))
+    return input.concat(flatMap(input, t => topicsToArray(t.subtopics, `${base}${t.name}`)))
   }
-  return _.flatMap(Object.keys(input), k => {
+  return flatMap(Object.keys(input), k => {
     return [{...input[k], name: `${base}${k}`}].concat(topicsToArray(input[k].subtopics, `${base}${input[k].name}`))
   })
 }
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d822b95b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export function flatMap<T, U>(arr: T[], fn: (i: T) => U[]): U[] {
+  return arr.reduce((arr, i) => arr.concat(fn(i)), [] as U[])
+}
+
+export function mapValues<T extends object, TResult>(obj: {[P in keyof T]: T[P]}, fn: (i: T[keyof T], k: keyof T) => TResult): {[P in keyof T]: TResult} {
+  return Object.entries(obj)
+  .reduce((o, [k, v]) => {
+    o[k] = fn(v, k as any)
+    return o
+  }, {} as any)
+}
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index cfda409b..71fe9c09 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -21,10 +21,6 @@
     tslint "^5.9.1"
     tslint-xo "^0.6.0"
 
-"@heroku/linewrap@^1.0.0":
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@heroku/linewrap/-/linewrap-1.0.0.tgz#a9d4e99f0a3e423a899b775f5f3d6747a1ff15c6"
-
 "@types/chai@^4.1.2":
   version "4.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/chai/-/chai-4.1.2.tgz#f1af664769cfb50af805431c407425ed619daa21"
@@ -57,10 +53,6 @@
   version "2.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/load-json-file/-/load-json-file-2.0.7.tgz#c887826f5230b7507d5230994d26315c6776be06"
 
-"@types/lodash@^4.14.100":
-  version "4.14.100"
-  resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/lodash/-/lodash-4.14.100.tgz#f353dd9d3a9785638b6cb8023e6639097bd31969"
-
 "@types/minimatch@*":
   version "3.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/minimatch/-/minimatch-3.0.3.tgz#3dca0e3f33b200fc7d1139c0cd96c1268cadfd9d"
@@ -75,12 +67,6 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
-"@types/node-notifier@^0.0.28":
-  version "0.0.28"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-0.0.28.tgz#86ba3d3aa8d918352cc3191d88de328b20dc93c1"
-  dependencies:
-    "@types/node" "*"
-
 "@types/node@*", "@types/node@^9.4.0":
   version "9.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/node/-/node-9.4.0.tgz#b85a0bcf1e1cc84eb4901b7e96966aedc6f078d1"
@@ -154,16 +140,12 @@ ansi-styles@^2.2.1:
   version "2.2.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-2.2.1.tgz#b432dd3358b634cf75e1e4664368240533c1ddbe"
 
-ansi-styles@^3.1.0, ansi-styles@^3.2.0:
+ansi-styles@^3.1.0:
   version "3.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansi-styles/-/ansi-styles-3.2.0.tgz#c159b8d5be0f9e5a6f346dab94f16ce022161b88"
   dependencies:
     color-convert "^1.9.0"
 
-ansicolors@~0.2.1:
-  version "0.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/ansicolors/-/ansicolors-0.2.1.tgz#be089599097b74a5c9c4a84a0cdbcdb62bd87aef"
-
 argparse@^1.0.7:
   version "1.0.9"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/argparse/-/argparse-1.0.9.tgz#73d83bc263f86e97f8cc4f6bae1b0e90a7d22c86"
@@ -225,13 +207,6 @@ callsites@^0.2.0:
   version "0.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/callsites/-/callsites-0.2.0.tgz#afab96262910a7f33c19a5775825c69f34e350ca"
 
-cardinal@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cardinal/-/cardinal-1.0.0.tgz#50e21c1b0aa37729f9377def196b5a9cec932ee9"
-  dependencies:
-    ansicolors "~0.2.1"
-    redeyed "~1.0.0"
-
 chai@^4.1.2:
   version "4.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/chai/-/chai-4.1.2.tgz#0f64584ba642f0f2ace2806279f4f06ca23ad73c"
@@ -289,36 +264,12 @@ clean-regexp@^1.0.0:
   dependencies:
     escape-string-regexp "^1.0.5"
 
-clean-stack@^1.3.0:
-  version "1.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/clean-stack/-/clean-stack-1.3.0.tgz#9e821501ae979986c46b1d66d2d432db2fd4ae31"
-
 cli-cursor@^2.1.0:
   version "2.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-cursor/-/cli-cursor-2.1.0.tgz#b35dac376479facc3e94747d41d0d0f5238ffcb5"
   dependencies:
     restore-cursor "^2.0.0"
 
-cli-ux@^3.3.13:
-  version "3.3.13"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-ux/-/cli-ux-3.3.13.tgz#123e0c7a29d1f743447b919500a9055486992df6"
-  dependencies:
-    "@anycli/screen" "^0.0.3"
-    "@heroku/linewrap" "^1.0.0"
-    ansi-styles "^3.2.0"
-    cardinal "^1.0.0"
-    chalk "^2.3.0"
-    clean-stack "^1.3.0"
-    extract-stack "^1.0.0"
-    fs-extra "^5.0.0"
-    indent-string "^3.2.0"
-    lodash "^4.17.4"
-    node-notifier "^5.2.1"
-    password-prompt "^1.0.4"
-    semver "^5.5.0"
-    strip-ansi "^4.0.0"
-    supports-color "^5.1.0"
-
 cli-width@^2.0.0:
   version "2.2.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/cli-width/-/cli-width-2.2.0.tgz#ff19ede8a9a5e579324147b0c11f0fbcbabed639"
@@ -573,10 +524,6 @@ esprima@^4.0.0:
   version "4.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esprima/-/esprima-4.0.0.tgz#4499eddcd1110e0b218bacf2fa7f7f59f55ca804"
 
-esprima@~3.0.0:
-  version "3.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esprima/-/esprima-3.0.0.tgz#53cf247acda77313e551c3aa2e73342d3fb4f7d9"
-
 esquery@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/esquery/-/esquery-1.0.0.tgz#cfba8b57d7fba93f17298a8a006a04cda13d80fa"
@@ -610,10 +557,6 @@ external-editor@^2.0.4:
     iconv-lite "^0.4.17"
     tmp "^0.0.33"
 
-extract-stack@^1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/extract-stack/-/extract-stack-1.0.0.tgz#b97acaf9441eea2332529624b732fc5a1c8165fa"
-
 fancy-test@^0.6.10:
   version "0.6.10"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/fancy-test/-/fancy-test-0.6.10.tgz#39001bcb117b7067c851dc58da6236a08a49e267"
@@ -726,10 +669,6 @@ growl@1.10.3:
   version "1.10.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/growl/-/growl-1.10.3.tgz#1926ba90cf3edfe2adb4927f5880bc22c66c790f"
 
-growly@^1.3.0:
-  version "1.3.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/growly/-/growly-1.3.0.tgz#f10748cbe76af964b7c96c93c6bcc28af120c081"
-
 has-ansi@^0.1.0:
   version "0.1.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/has-ansi/-/has-ansi-0.1.0.tgz#84f265aae8c0e6a88a12d7022894b7568894c62e"
@@ -780,10 +719,6 @@ imurmurhash@^0.1.4:
   version "0.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/imurmurhash/-/imurmurhash-0.1.4.tgz#9218b9b2b928a238b13dc4fb6b6d576f231453ea"
 
-indent-string@^3.2.0:
-  version "3.2.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/indent-string/-/indent-string-3.2.0.tgz#4a5fd6d27cc332f37e5419a504dbb837105c9289"
-
 inflight@^1.0.4:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/inflight/-/inflight-1.0.6.tgz#49bd6331d7d02d0c09bc910a1075ba8165b56df9"
@@ -999,15 +934,6 @@ natural-compare@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/natural-compare/-/natural-compare-1.4.0.tgz#4abebfeed7541f2c27acfb29bdbbd15c8d5ba4f7"
 
-node-notifier@^5.2.1:
-  version "5.2.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/node-notifier/-/node-notifier-5.2.1.tgz#fa313dd08f5517db0e2502e5758d664ac69f9dea"
-  dependencies:
-    growly "^1.3.0"
-    semver "^5.4.1"
-    shellwords "^0.1.1"
-    which "^1.3.0"
-
 normalize-package-data@^2.3.2:
   version "2.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/normalize-package-data/-/normalize-package-data-2.4.0.tgz#12f95a307d58352075a04907b84ac8be98ac012f"
@@ -1059,13 +985,6 @@ parse-passwd@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/parse-passwd/-/parse-passwd-1.0.0.tgz#6d5b934a456993b23d37f40a382d6f1666a8e5c6"
 
-password-prompt@^1.0.4:
-  version "1.0.4"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/password-prompt/-/password-prompt-1.0.4.tgz#933bac8db3528fcb27e9fdbc0a6592adcbdb5ed9"
-  dependencies:
-    ansi-escapes "^3.0.0"
-    cross-spawn "^5.1.0"
-
 path-is-absolute@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-is-absolute/-/path-is-absolute-1.0.1.tgz#174b9268735534ffbc7ace6bf53a5a9e1b5c5f5f"
@@ -1150,12 +1069,6 @@ readable-stream@^2.2.2:
     string_decoder "~1.0.3"
     util-deprecate "~1.0.1"
 
-redeyed@~1.0.0:
-  version "1.0.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/redeyed/-/redeyed-1.0.1.tgz#e96c193b40c0816b00aec842698e61185e55498a"
-  dependencies:
-    esprima "~3.0.0"
-
 require-uncached@^1.0.3:
   version "1.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/require-uncached/-/require-uncached-1.0.3.tgz#4e0d56d6c9662fd31e43011c4b95aa49955421d3"
@@ -1210,7 +1123,7 @@ safe-buffer@~5.1.0, safe-buffer@~5.1.1:
   version "5.1.1"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/safe-buffer/-/safe-buffer-5.1.1.tgz#893312af69b2123def71f57889001671eeb2c853"
 
-"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.3.0, semver@^5.4.1, semver@^5.5.0:
+"semver@2 || 3 || 4 || 5", semver@^5.3.0:
   version "5.5.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/semver/-/semver-5.5.0.tgz#dc4bbc7a6ca9d916dee5d43516f0092b58f7b8ab"
 
@@ -1228,10 +1141,6 @@ shebang-regex@^1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shebang-regex/-/shebang-regex-1.0.0.tgz#da42f49740c0b42db2ca9728571cb190c98efea3"
 
-shellwords@^0.1.1:
-  version "0.1.1"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/shellwords/-/shellwords-0.1.1.tgz#d6b9181c1a48d397324c84871efbcfc73fc0654b"
-
 signal-exit@^3.0.2:
   version "3.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/signal-exit/-/signal-exit-3.0.2.tgz#b5fdc08f1287ea1178628e415e25132b73646c6d"
@@ -1350,12 +1259,6 @@ supports-color@^4.0.0:
   dependencies:
     has-flag "^2.0.0"
 
-supports-color@^5.1.0:
-  version "5.1.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-5.1.0.tgz#058a021d1b619f7ddf3980d712ea3590ce7de3d5"
-  dependencies:
-    has-flag "^2.0.0"
-
 table@^4.0.1:
   version "4.0.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/table/-/table-4.0.2.tgz#a33447375391e766ad34d3486e6e2aedc84d2e36"
@@ -1508,7 +1411,7 @@ validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
     spdx-correct "~1.0.0"
     spdx-expression-parse "~1.0.0"
 
-which@^1.2.9, which@^1.3.0:
+which@^1.2.9:
   version "1.3.0"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/which/-/which-1.3.0.tgz#ff04bdfc010ee547d780bec38e1ac1c2777d253a"
   dependencies: