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> Terminal string styling done right | |
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### [See what's new in Chalk 2](https://github.com/chalk/chalk/releases/tag/v2.0.0) | |
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## Highlights | |
- Expressive API | |
- Highly performant | |
- Ability to nest styles | |
- [256/Truecolor color support](#256-and-truecolor-color-support) | |
- Auto-detects color support | |
- Doesn't extend `String.prototype` | |
- Clean and focused | |
- Actively maintained | |
- [Used by ~23,000 packages](https://www.npmjs.com/browse/depended/chalk) as of December 31, 2017 | |
## Install | |
```console | |
$ npm install chalk | |
``` | |
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## Usage | |
```js | |
const chalk = require('chalk'); | |
console.log(chalk.blue('Hello world!')); | |
``` | |
Chalk comes with an easy to use composable API where you just chain and nest the styles you want. | |
```js | |
const chalk = require('chalk'); | |
const log = console.log; | |
// Combine styled and normal strings | |
log(chalk.blue('Hello') + ' World' + chalk.red('!')); | |
// Compose multiple styles using the chainable API | |
log(chalk.blue.bgRed.bold('Hello world!')); | |
// Pass in multiple arguments | |
log(chalk.blue('Hello', 'World!', 'Foo', 'bar', 'biz', 'baz')); | |
// Nest styles | |
log(chalk.red('Hello', chalk.underline.bgBlue('world') + '!')); | |
// Nest styles of the same type even (color, underline, background) | |
log(chalk.green( | |
'I am a green line ' + | |
chalk.blue.underline.bold('with a blue substring') + | |
' that becomes green again!' | |
)); | |
// ES2015 template literal | |
log(` | |
CPU: ${chalk.red('90%')} | |
RAM: ${chalk.green('40%')} | |
DISK: ${chalk.yellow('70%')} | |
`); | |
// ES2015 tagged template literal | |
log(chalk` | |
CPU: {red ${cpu.totalPercent}%} | |
RAM: {green ${ram.used / ram.total * 100}%} | |
DISK: {rgb(255,131,0) ${disk.used / disk.total * 100}%} | |
`); | |
// Use RGB colors in terminal emulators that support it. | |
log(chalk.keyword('orange')('Yay for orange colored text!')); | |
log(chalk.rgb(123, 45, 67).underline('Underlined reddish color')); | |
log(chalk.hex('#DEADED').bold('Bold gray!')); | |
``` | |
Easily define your own themes: | |
```js | |
const chalk = require('chalk'); | |
const error = chalk.bold.red; | |
const warning = chalk.keyword('orange'); | |
console.log(error('Error!')); | |
console.log(warning('Warning!')); | |
``` | |
Take advantage of console.log [string substitution](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/console.html#console_console_log_data_args): | |
```js | |
const name = 'Sindre'; | |
console.log(chalk.green('Hello %s'), name); | |
//=> 'Hello Sindre' | |
``` | |
## API | |
### chalk.`<style>[.<style>...](string, [string...])` | |
Example: `chalk.red.bold.underline('Hello', 'world');` | |
Chain [styles](#styles) and call the last one as a method with a string argument. Order doesn't matter, and later styles take precedent in case of a conflict. This simply means that `chalk.red.yellow.green` is equivalent to `chalk.green`. | |
Multiple arguments will be separated by space. | |
### chalk.enabled | |
Color support is automatically detected, as is the level (see `chalk.level`). However, if you'd like to simply enable/disable Chalk, you can do so via the `.enabled` property. | |
Chalk is enabled by default unless explicitly disabled via the constructor or `chalk.level` is `0`. | |
If you need to change this in a reusable module, create a new instance: | |
```js | |
const ctx = new chalk.constructor({enabled: false}); | |
``` | |
### chalk.level | |
Color support is automatically detected, but you can override it by setting the `level` property. You should however only do this in your own code as it applies globally to all Chalk consumers. | |
If you need to change this in a reusable module, create a new instance: | |
```js | |
const ctx = new chalk.constructor({level: 0}); | |
``` | |
Levels are as follows: | |
0. All colors disabled | |
1. Basic color support (16 colors) | |
2. 256 color support | |
3. Truecolor support (16 million colors) | |
### chalk.supportsColor | |
Detect whether the terminal [supports color](https://github.com/chalk/supports-color). Used internally and handled for you, but exposed for convenience. | |
Can be overridden by the user with the flags `--color` and `--no-color`. For situations where using `--color` is not possible, add the environment variable `FORCE_COLOR=1` to forcefully enable color or `FORCE_COLOR=0` to forcefully disable. The use of `FORCE_COLOR` overrides all other color support checks. | |
Explicit 256/Truecolor mode can be enabled using the `--color=256` and `--color=16m` flags, respectively. | |
## Styles | |
### Modifiers | |
- `reset` | |
- `bold` | |
- `dim` | |
- `italic` *(Not widely supported)* | |
- `underline` | |
- `inverse` | |
- `hidden` | |
- `strikethrough` *(Not widely supported)* | |
- `visible` (Text is emitted only if enabled) | |
### Colors | |
- `black` | |
- `red` | |
- `green` | |
- `yellow` | |
- `blue` *(On Windows the bright version is used since normal blue is illegible)* | |
- `magenta` | |
- `cyan` | |
- `white` | |
- `gray` ("bright black") | |
- `redBright` | |
- `greenBright` | |
- `yellowBright` | |
- `blueBright` | |
- `magentaBright` | |
- `cyanBright` | |
- `whiteBright` | |
### Background colors | |
- `bgBlack` | |
- `bgRed` | |
- `bgGreen` | |
- `bgYellow` | |
- `bgBlue` | |
- `bgMagenta` | |
- `bgCyan` | |
- `bgWhite` | |
- `bgBlackBright` | |
- `bgRedBright` | |
- `bgGreenBright` | |
- `bgYellowBright` | |
- `bgBlueBright` | |
- `bgMagentaBright` | |
- `bgCyanBright` | |
- `bgWhiteBright` | |
## Tagged template literal | |
Chalk can be used as a [tagged template literal](http://exploringjs.com/es6/ch_template-literals.html#_tagged-template-literals). | |
```js | |
const chalk = require('chalk'); | |
const miles = 18; | |
const calculateFeet = miles => miles * 5280; | |
console.log(chalk` | |
There are {bold 5280 feet} in a mile. | |
In {bold ${miles} miles}, there are {green.bold ${calculateFeet(miles)} feet}. | |
`); | |
``` | |
Blocks are delimited by an opening curly brace (`{`), a style, some content, and a closing curly brace (`}`). | |
Template styles are chained exactly like normal Chalk styles. The following two statements are equivalent: | |
```js | |
console.log(chalk.bold.rgb(10, 100, 200)('Hello!')); | |
console.log(chalk`{bold.rgb(10,100,200) Hello!}`); | |
``` | |
Note that function styles (`rgb()`, `hsl()`, `keyword()`, etc.) may not contain spaces between parameters. | |
All interpolated values (`` chalk`${foo}` ``) are converted to strings via the `.toString()` method. All curly braces (`{` and `}`) in interpolated value strings are escaped. | |
## 256 and Truecolor color support | |
Chalk supports 256 colors and [Truecolor](https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728) (16 million colors) on supported terminal apps. | |
Colors are downsampled from 16 million RGB values to an ANSI color format that is supported by the terminal emulator (or by specifying `{level: n}` as a Chalk option). For example, Chalk configured to run at level 1 (basic color support) will downsample an RGB value of #FF0000 (red) to 31 (ANSI escape for red). | |
Examples: | |
- `chalk.hex('#DEADED').underline('Hello, world!')` | |
- `chalk.keyword('orange')('Some orange text')` | |
- `chalk.rgb(15, 100, 204).inverse('Hello!')` | |
Background versions of these models are prefixed with `bg` and the first level of the module capitalized (e.g. `keyword` for foreground colors and `bgKeyword` for background colors). | |
- `chalk.bgHex('#DEADED').underline('Hello, world!')` | |
- `chalk.bgKeyword('orange')('Some orange text')` | |
- `chalk.bgRgb(15, 100, 204).inverse('Hello!')` | |
The following color models can be used: | |
- [`rgb`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model) - Example: `chalk.rgb(255, 136, 0).bold('Orange!')` | |
- [`hex`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors#Hex_triplet) - Example: `chalk.hex('#FF8800').bold('Orange!')` | |
- [`keyword`](https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords) (CSS keywords) - Example: `chalk.keyword('orange').bold('Orange!')` | |
- [`hsl`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV) - Example: `chalk.hsl(32, 100, 50).bold('Orange!')` | |
- [`hsv`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV) - Example: `chalk.hsv(32, 100, 100).bold('Orange!')` | |
- [`hwb`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HWB_color_model) - Example: `chalk.hwb(32, 0, 50).bold('Orange!')` | |
- `ansi16` | |
- `ansi256` | |
## Windows | |
If you're on Windows, do yourself a favor and use [`cmder`](http://cmder.net/) instead of `cmd.exe`. | |
## Origin story | |
[colors.js](https://github.com/Marak/colors.js) used to be the most popular string styling module, but it has serious deficiencies like extending `String.prototype` which causes all kinds of [problems](https://github.com/yeoman/yo/issues/68) and the package is unmaintained. Although there are other packages, they either do too much or not enough. Chalk is a clean and focused alternative. | |
## Related | |
- [chalk-cli](https://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli) - CLI for this module | |
- [ansi-styles](https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles) - ANSI escape codes for styling strings in the terminal | |
- [supports-color](https://github.com/chalk/supports-color) - Detect whether a terminal supports color | |
- [strip-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi) - Strip ANSI escape codes | |
- [strip-ansi-stream](https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi-stream) - Strip ANSI escape codes from a stream | |
- [has-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/has-ansi) - Check if a string has ANSI escape codes | |
- [ansi-regex](https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex) - Regular expression for matching ANSI escape codes | |
- [wrap-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/wrap-ansi) - Wordwrap a string with ANSI escape codes | |
- [slice-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/slice-ansi) - Slice a string with ANSI escape codes | |
- [color-convert](https://github.com/qix-/color-convert) - Converts colors between different models | |
- [chalk-animation](https://github.com/bokub/chalk-animation) - Animate strings in the terminal | |
- [gradient-string](https://github.com/bokub/gradient-string) - Apply color gradients to strings | |
- [chalk-pipe](https://github.com/LitoMore/chalk-pipe) - Create chalk style schemes with simpler style strings | |
- [terminal-link](https://github.com/sindresorhus/terminal-link) - Create clickable links in the terminal | |
## Maintainers | |
- [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus) | |
- [Josh Junon](https://github.com/qix-) | |
## License | |
MIT | |