owo-colors – zero-allocation Rust library

owo-colors is a zero-allocation Rust library for adding colours and text styling to terminal output. It is compatible with no_std environments and imposes no dependencies by default.

The library supports standard ANSI colours, 256-colour terminals and RGB true colour. Colours can be selected at compile time through generic types or dynamically at runtime.

This is free and open source software.

Key Features

• Adds foreground and background colours to terminal output.
• Supports standard ANSI colours, bright variants, 256-colour terminals and RGB true colour.
• Provides text styles including bold, underline and strikethrough.
• Works with all standard Rust formatting traits.
• Offers zero-allocation and no_std-compatible operation.
• Requires no dependencies with its default configuration.
• Allows colours to be selected statically with generic types or dynamically at runtime.
• Can detect whether a terminal supports colour.
• Honours the NO_COLOR and FORCE_COLOR environment variables.
• Allows colour support to be overridden programmatically.
• Uses entirely safe Rust code.

Website: github.com/owo-colors/owo-colors
Support:
Developer: jam1garner
License: MIT License

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