Comparison of Node.js libraries to colorize text in terminal

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  • chalk

    🖍 Terminal string styling done right

    Today the most popular library and de facto standard is the chаlk. The chalk has rich functionality, is fast but not ideal. It lacks some useful features.

  • colorette

    🌈Easily set your terminal text color & styles

    Here are the smallest libs: picocolors (2.6KB), kleur (2.7KB), ansis (3.2KB) and colorette (3.3KB), the rest are at least double larger.

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  • picocolors

    The tiniest and the fastest library for terminal output formatting with ANSI colors

    Here are the smallest libs: picocolors (2.6KB), kleur (2.7KB), ansis (3.2KB) and colorette (3.3KB), the rest are at least double larger.

  • kleur

    The fastest Node.js library for formatting terminal text with ANSI colors~!

    Here are the smallest libs: picocolors (2.6KB), kleur (2.7KB), ansis (3.2KB) and colorette (3.3KB), the rest are at least double larger.

  • ansis

    Tiny and fast Node.js lib to colorize text in console output. Allows to use color and style in Node.js console.

    Here are the smallest libs: picocolors (2.6KB), kleur (2.7KB), ansis (3.2KB) and colorette (3.3KB), the rest are at least double larger.

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NOTE: The number of mentions on this list indicates mentions on common posts plus user suggested alternatives. Hence, a higher number means a more popular project.

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