Comparison of Node.js libraries to colorize text in terminal

• chalk

  57 21,410 6.4 JavaScript

  🖍 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

  9 1,582 2.0 JavaScript

  🌈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

  3 1,172 1.7 JavaScript

  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

  2 1,593 0.0 JavaScript

  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

  10 64 6.6 JavaScript

  Small and fast Node.js lib to colorize terminal output. Lightweight but powerful alternative to Chalk. Supports Bun, Deno, Next.JS.

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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