yoctocolors bills itself as the smallest and fastest command-line coloring package.
This package supports basic color detection. Colors can be forcefully enabled by setting the FORCE_COLOR environment variable to 1 and can be forcefully disabled by setting NO_COLOR or NODE_DISABLE_COLORS to any value
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Tiny.
- Fast.
- Handles nested colors.
- Tree-shakeable.
- No dependencies.
- Actively maintained.
Website: github.com/sindresorhus/yoctocolors
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Developer: Sindre Sorhus
License: MIT License
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