string-width VS cli-columns

Compare string-width vs cli-columns and see what are their differences.

string-width

Get the visual width of a string - the number of columns required to display it (by sindresorhus)
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cli-columns

Columnated lists for the CLI. Unicode and ANSI safe. (by shannonmoeller)
Command-line utilities NodeJS CLI Columns columnate column
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string-width cli-columns
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5.3 0.0
about 2 months ago over 2 years ago
JavaScript JavaScript
MIT License MIT License
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string-width

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Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

cli-columns

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We haven't tracked posts mentioning cli-columns yet.
Tracking mentions began in Dec 2020.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing string-width and cli-columns you can also consider the following projects:

yargs - yargs the modern, pirate-themed successor to optimist.

boxen - Create boxes in the terminal

cli-table - Pretty unicode tables for the CLI with Node.JS

gulp-execa - Gulp.js command execution for humans

vorpal - Node's framework for interactive CLIs

Inquirer.js - A collection of common interactive command line user interfaces.

get-stdin - Get stdin as a string or buffer

insight - Node.js module to help you understand how your tool is being used by anonymously reporting usage metrics to Google Analytics

ascii-charts - Ansi charts for nodejs

ora - Elegant terminal spinner

Dot Environment Sync - dotenv checker and sync

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