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> Easily add ANSI colors to your text and symbols in the terminal. A faster drop-in replacement for chalk, kleur and turbocolor (without the dependencies and rendering bugs).
Please consider following this project's author, [Brian Woodward](https://github.com/doowb), and consider starring the project to show your :heart: and support.
## Install
Install with [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
```sh
$ npm install --save ansi-colors
```
## Why use this?
ansi-colors is _the fastest Node.js library for terminal styling_. A more performant drop-in replacement for chalk, with no dependencies.
* _Blazing fast_ - Fastest terminal styling library in node.js, 10-20x faster than chalk!
* _Drop-in replacement_ for [chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk).
* _No dependencies_ (Chalk has 7 dependencies in its tree!)
* _Safe_ - Does not modify the `String.prototype` like [colors](https://github.com/Marak/colors.js).
* Supports [nested colors](#nested-colors), **and does not have the [nested styling bug](#nested-styling-bug) that is present in [colorette](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/colorette), [chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk), and [kleur](https://github.com/lukeed/kleur)**.
* Supports [chained colors](#chained-colors).
* [Toggle color support](#toggle-color-support) on or off.
## Usage
```js
const c = require('ansi-colors');
console.log(c.red('This is a red string!'));
console.log(c.green('This is a red string!'));
console.log(c.cyan('This is a cyan string!'));
console.log(c.yellow('This is a yellow string!'));
```
## Chained colors
```js
console.log(c.bold.red('this is a bold red message'));
console.log(c.bold.yellow.italic('this is a bold yellow italicized message'));
console.log(c.green.bold.underline('this is a bold green underlined message'));
```
## Nested colors
```js
console.log(c.yellow(`foo ${c.red.bold('red')} bar ${c.cyan('cyan')} baz`));
```
### Nested styling bug
`ansi-colors` does not have the nested styling bug found in [colorette](https://github.com/jorgebucaran/colorette), [chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk), and [kleur](https://github.com/lukeed/kleur).
```js
const { bold, red } = require('ansi-styles');
console.log(bold(`foo ${red.dim('bar')} baz`));
const colorette = require('colorette');
console.log(colorette.bold(`foo ${colorette.red(colorette.dim('bar'))} baz`));
const kleur = require('kleur');
console.log(kleur.bold(`foo ${kleur.red.dim('bar')} baz`));
const chalk = require('chalk');
console.log(chalk.bold(`foo ${chalk.red.dim('bar')} baz`));
```
**Results in the following**
(sans icons and labels)
## Toggle color support
Easily enable/disable colors.
```js
const c = require('ansi-colors');
// disable colors manually
c.enabled = false;
// or use a library to automatically detect support
c.enabled = require('color-support').hasBasic;
console.log(c.red('I will only be colored red if the terminal supports colors'));
```
## Strip ANSI codes
Use the `.unstyle` method to strip ANSI codes from a string.
```js
console.log(c.unstyle(c.blue.bold('foo bar baz')));
//=> 'foo bar baz'
```
## Available styles
**Note** that bright and bright-background colors are not always supported.
| Colors | Background Colors | Bright Colors | Bright Background Colors |
| ------- | ----------------- | ------------- | ------------------------ |
| black | bgBlack | blackBright | bgBlackBright |
| red | bgRed | redBright | bgRedBright |
| green | bgGreen | greenBright | bgGreenBright |
| yellow | bgYellow | yellowBright | bgYellowBright |
| blue | bgBlue | blueBright | bgBlueBright |
| magenta | bgMagenta | magentaBright | bgMagentaBright |
| cyan | bgCyan | cyanBright | bgCyanBright |
| white | bgWhite | whiteBright | bgWhiteBright |
| gray | | | |
| grey | | | |
_(`gray` is the U.S. spelling, `grey` is more commonly used in the Canada and U.K.)_
### Style modifiers
* dim
* **bold**
* hidden
* _italic_
* underline
* inverse
* ~~strikethrough~~
* reset
## Aliases
Create custom aliases for styles.
```js
const colors = require('ansi-colors');
colors.alias('primary', colors.yellow);
colors.alias('secondary', colors.bold);
console.log(colors.primary.secondary('Foo'));
```
## Themes
A theme is an object of custom aliases.
```js
const colors = require('ansi-colors');
colors.theme({
danger: colors.red,
dark: colors.dim.gray,
disabled: colors.gray,
em: colors.italic,
heading: colors.bold.underline,
info: colors.cyan,
muted: colors.dim,
primary: colors.blue,
strong: colors.bold,
success: colors.green,
underline: colors.underline,
warning: colors.yellow
});
// Now, we can use our custom styles alongside the built-in styles!
console.log(colors.danger.strong.em('Error!'));
console.log(colors.warning('Heads up!'));
console.log(colors.info('Did you know...'));
console.log(colors.success.bold('It worked!'));
```
## Performance
**Libraries tested**
* ansi-colors v3.0.4
* chalk v2.4.1
### Mac
> MacBook Pro, Intel Core i7, 2.3 GHz, 16 GB.
**Load time**
Time it takes to load the first time `require()` is called:
* ansi-colors - `1.915ms`
* chalk - `12.437ms`
**Benchmarks**
```
# All Colors
ansi-colors x 173,851 ops/sec ±0.42% (91 runs sampled)
chalk x 9,944 ops/sec ±2.53% (81 runs sampled)))
# Chained colors
ansi-colors x 20,791 ops/sec ±0.60% (88 runs sampled)
chalk x 2,111 ops/sec ±2.34% (83 runs sampled)
# Nested colors
ansi-colors x 59,304 ops/sec ±0.98% (92 runs sampled)
chalk x 4,590 ops/sec ±2.08% (82 runs sampled)
```
### Windows
> Windows 10, Intel Core i7-7700k CPU @ 4.2 GHz, 32 GB
**Load time**
Time it takes to load the first time `require()` is called:
* ansi-colors - `1.494ms`
* chalk - `11.523ms`
**Benchmarks**
```
# All Colors
ansi-colors x 193,088 ops/sec ±0.51% (95 runs sampled))
chalk x 9,612 ops/sec ±3.31% (77 runs sampled)))
# Chained colors
ansi-colors x 26,093 ops/sec ±1.13% (94 runs sampled)
chalk x 2,267 ops/sec ±2.88% (80 runs sampled))
# Nested colors
ansi-colors x 67,747 ops/sec ±0.49% (93 runs sampled)
chalk x 4,446 ops/sec ±3.01% (82 runs sampled))
```
## About
<details>
<summary><strong>Contributing</strong></summary>
Pull requests and stars are always welcome. For bugs and feature requests, [please create an issue](../../issues/new).
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>Running Tests</strong></summary>
Running and reviewing unit tests is a great way to get familiarized with a library and its API. You can install dependencies and run tests with the following command:
```sh
$ npm install && npm test
```
</details>
<details>
<summary><strong>Building docs</strong></summary>
_(This project's readme.md is generated by [verb](https://github.com/verbose/verb-generate-readme), please don't edit the readme directly. Any changes to the readme must be made in the [.verb.md](.verb.md) readme template.)_
To generate the readme, run the following command:
```sh
$ npm install -g verbose/verb#dev verb-generate-readme && verb
```
</details>
### Related projects
You might also be interested in these projects:
* [ansi-wrap](https://www.npmjs.com/package/ansi-wrap): Create ansi colors by passing the open and close codes. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/ansi-wrap "Create ansi colors by passing the open and close codes.")
* [strip-color](https://www.npmjs.com/package/strip-color): Strip ANSI color codes from a string. No dependencies. | [homepage](https://github.com/jonschlinkert/strip-color "Strip ANSI color codes from a string. No dependencies.")
### Contributors
| **Commits** | **Contributor** |
| --- | --- |
| 48 | [jonschlinkert](https://github.com/jonschlinkert) |
| 42 | [doowb](https://github.com/doowb) |
| 6 | [lukeed](https://github.com/lukeed) |
| 2 | [Silic0nS0ldier](https://github.com/Silic0nS0ldier) |
| 1 | [dwieeb](https://github.com/dwieeb) |
| 1 | [jorgebucaran](https://github.com/jorgebucaran) |
| 1 | [madhavarshney](https://github.com/madhavarshney) |
| 1 | [chapterjason](https://github.com/chapterjason) |
### Author
**Brian Woodward**
* [GitHub Profile](https://github.com/doowb)
* [Twitter Profile](https://twitter.com/doowb)
* [LinkedIn Profile](https://linkedin.com/in/woodwardbrian)
### License
Copyright © 2019, [Brian Woodward](https://github.com/doowb).
Released under the [MIT License](LICENSE).
***
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