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Chalk Alternatives
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ansis
CJS/ESM ANSI color library for CI, terminals and Chromium-based browser consoles. Compatible with Bun, Deno, Next.JS.
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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 better chalk alternative or higher similarity.
chalk discussion
chalk reviews and mentions
Posts with mentions or reviews of chalk.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2025-03-19.
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Building Universal npm Libraries: Supporting Both CJS and ESM
This divide creates real challenges. For example, when popular libraries like chalk transitioned to ESM-only in version 5, many existing CommonJS projects faced compatibility issues. While ESM is the future, the reality is that numerous production systems still rely on CJS.
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Here's how Nue.js applies colors to the console output in the CLI.
I find this function really interesting because in the wild, OSS projects use Picocolors or chalk to apply colors to the console output in the CLI.
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CLI application with the Node.js Readline module (3/3)
Colors and text management: https://github.com/chalk/chalk and all the sub-librairies they have
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Create your custom npm template package
To make the message more pretty in the terminal we could install chalk. This is not a mandatory step but a nice one. Of course, if we don't want to use this library it's sufficient to remove all references to it from the previous code.
- Some Terminal Frustrations
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Typescript scripts in the command line: Using Node.JS
Install chalk, yosay and inquirer from NPM by typing in the Terminal window
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Compilation of Libraries Supporting CLI Application Development for Node.js
Additionally, you can combine with chalk to style the text. This is a great library to change colors, add effects like "bold", "dim", "italic"... to highlight content. Or if you prefer a "rainbow" effect, gradient-string is unbeatable.
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Typescript scripts in the command line: Using Deno 2.0
Add chalk, yosay and inquirer from NPM
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chalk VS ansis - a user suggested alternative
2 projects | 29 Dec 2024
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Create a CLI to scaffold extensions
chalk: Adds terminal string styling.
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A note from our sponsor - InfluxDB
www.influxdata.com | 16 May 2025
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The primary programming language of chalk is JavaScript.
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