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| 2 | <br>
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| 3 | <br>
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| 4 | <img width="320" src="media/logo.svg" alt="Chalk">
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| 5 | <br>
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| 6 | <br>
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| 7 | <br>
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| 8 | </h1>
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| 9 |
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| 10 | > Terminal string styling done right
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| 11 |
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| 12 | [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/chalk.svg?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/chalk/chalk) [![Coverage Status](https://coveralls.io/repos/github/chalk/chalk/badge.svg?branch=master)](https://coveralls.io/github/chalk/chalk?branch=master) [![](https://img.shields.io/badge/unicorn-approved-ff69b4.svg)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9auOCbH5Ns4) [![XO code style](https://img.shields.io/badge/code_style-XO-5ed9c7.svg)](https://github.com/xojs/xo) [![Mentioned in Awesome Node.js](https://awesome.re/mentioned-badge.svg)](https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs)
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| 13 |
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| 14 | ### [See what's new in Chalk 2](https://github.com/chalk/chalk/releases/tag/v2.0.0)
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <img src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/chalk/ansi-styles/8261697c95bf34b6c7767e2cbe9941a851d59385/screenshot.svg" alt="" width="900">
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| 17 |
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| 18 |
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| 19 | ## Highlights
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| 20 |
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| 21 | - Expressive API
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| 22 | - Highly performant
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| 23 | - Ability to nest styles
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| 24 | - [256/Truecolor color support](#256-and-truecolor-color-support)
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| 25 | - Auto-detects color support
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| 26 | - Doesn't extend `String.prototype`
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| 27 | - Clean and focused
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| 28 | - Actively maintained
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| 29 | - [Used by ~23,000 packages](https://www.npmjs.com/browse/depended/chalk) as of December 31, 2017
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| 30 |
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| 31 |
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| 32 | ## Install
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| 33 |
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| 34 | ```console
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| 35 | $ npm install chalk
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| 36 | ```
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <a href="https://www.patreon.com/sindresorhus">
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| 39 | <img src="https://c5.patreon.com/external/logo/become_a_patron_button@2x.png" width="160">
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| 40 | </a>
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| 41 |
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| 42 |
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| 43 | ## Usage
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| 44 |
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| 45 | ```js
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| 46 | const chalk = require('chalk');
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| 47 |
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| 48 | console.log(chalk.blue('Hello world!'));
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| 49 | ```
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| 50 |
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| 51 | Chalk comes with an easy to use composable API where you just chain and nest the styles you want.
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| 52 |
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| 53 | ```js
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| 54 | const chalk = require('chalk');
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| 55 | const log = console.log;
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| 56 |
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| 57 | // Combine styled and normal strings
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| 58 | log(chalk.blue('Hello') + ' World' + chalk.red('!'));
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| 59 |
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| 60 | // Compose multiple styles using the chainable API
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| 61 | log(chalk.blue.bgRed.bold('Hello world!'));
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| 62 |
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| 63 | // Pass in multiple arguments
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| 64 | log(chalk.blue('Hello', 'World!', 'Foo', 'bar', 'biz', 'baz'));
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| 65 |
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| 66 | // Nest styles
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| 67 | log(chalk.red('Hello', chalk.underline.bgBlue('world') + '!'));
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| 68 |
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| 69 | // Nest styles of the same type even (color, underline, background)
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| 70 | log(chalk.green(
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| 71 | 'I am a green line ' +
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| 72 | chalk.blue.underline.bold('with a blue substring') +
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| 73 | ' that becomes green again!'
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| 74 | ));
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| 75 |
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| 76 | // ES2015 template literal
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| 77 | log(`
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| 78 | CPU: ${chalk.red('90%')}
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| 79 | RAM: ${chalk.green('40%')}
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| 80 | DISK: ${chalk.yellow('70%')}
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| 81 | `);
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| 82 |
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| 83 | // ES2015 tagged template literal
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| 84 | log(chalk`
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| 85 | CPU: {red ${cpu.totalPercent}%}
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| 86 | RAM: {green ${ram.used / ram.total * 100}%}
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| 87 | DISK: {rgb(255,131,0) ${disk.used / disk.total * 100}%}
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| 88 | `);
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| 89 |
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| 90 | // Use RGB colors in terminal emulators that support it.
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| 91 | log(chalk.keyword('orange')('Yay for orange colored text!'));
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| 92 | log(chalk.rgb(123, 45, 67).underline('Underlined reddish color'));
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| 93 | log(chalk.hex('#DEADED').bold('Bold gray!'));
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| 94 | ```
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| 95 |
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| 96 | Easily define your own themes:
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| 97 |
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| 98 | ```js
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| 99 | const chalk = require('chalk');
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| 100 |
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| 101 | const error = chalk.bold.red;
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| 102 | const warning = chalk.keyword('orange');
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| 103 |
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| 104 | console.log(error('Error!'));
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| 105 | console.log(warning('Warning!'));
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| 106 | ```
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| 107 |
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| 108 | Take advantage of console.log [string substitution](https://nodejs.org/docs/latest/api/console.html#console_console_log_data_args):
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| 109 |
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| 110 | ```js
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| 111 | const name = 'Sindre';
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| 112 | console.log(chalk.green('Hello %s'), name);
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| 113 | //=> 'Hello Sindre'
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| 114 | ```
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| 115 |
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| 116 |
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| 117 | ## API
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| 118 |
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| 119 | ### chalk.`<style>[.<style>...](string, [string...])`
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| 120 |
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| 121 | Example: `chalk.red.bold.underline('Hello', 'world');`
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| 122 |
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| 123 | 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`.
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| 124 |
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| 125 | Multiple arguments will be separated by space.
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| 126 |
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| 127 | ### chalk.enabled
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| 128 |
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| 129 | 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.
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| 130 |
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| 131 | Chalk is enabled by default unless explicitly disabled via the constructor or `chalk.level` is `0`.
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| 132 |
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| 133 | If you need to change this in a reusable module, create a new instance:
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| 134 |
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| 135 | ```js
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| 136 | const ctx = new chalk.constructor({enabled: false});
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| 137 | ```
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| 138 |
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| 139 | ### chalk.level
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| 140 |
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| 141 | 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.
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| 142 |
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| 143 | If you need to change this in a reusable module, create a new instance:
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| 144 |
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| 145 | ```js
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| 146 | const ctx = new chalk.constructor({level: 0});
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| 147 | ```
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| 148 |
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| 149 | Levels are as follows:
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| 150 |
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| 151 | 0. All colors disabled
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| 152 | 1. Basic color support (16 colors)
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| 153 | 2. 256 color support
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| 154 | 3. Truecolor support (16 million colors)
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| 155 |
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| 156 | ### chalk.supportsColor
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| 157 |
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| 158 | Detect whether the terminal [supports color](https://github.com/chalk/supports-color). Used internally and handled for you, but exposed for convenience.
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| 159 |
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| 160 | 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.
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| 161 |
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| 162 | Explicit 256/Truecolor mode can be enabled using the `--color=256` and `--color=16m` flags, respectively.
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| 163 |
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| 164 |
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| 165 | ## Styles
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| 166 |
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| 167 | ### Modifiers
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| 168 |
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| 169 | - `reset`
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| 170 | - `bold`
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| 171 | - `dim`
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| 172 | - `italic` *(Not widely supported)*
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| 173 | - `underline`
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| 174 | - `inverse`
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| 175 | - `hidden`
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| 176 | - `strikethrough` *(Not widely supported)*
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| 177 | - `visible` (Text is emitted only if enabled)
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| 178 |
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| 179 | ### Colors
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| 180 |
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| 181 | - `black`
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| 182 | - `red`
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| 183 | - `green`
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| 184 | - `yellow`
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| 185 | - `blue` *(On Windows the bright version is used since normal blue is illegible)*
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| 186 | - `magenta`
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| 187 | - `cyan`
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| 188 | - `white`
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| 189 | - `gray` ("bright black")
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| 190 | - `redBright`
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| 191 | - `greenBright`
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| 192 | - `yellowBright`
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| 193 | - `blueBright`
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| 194 | - `magentaBright`
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| 195 | - `cyanBright`
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| 196 | - `whiteBright`
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| 197 |
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| 198 | ### Background colors
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| 199 |
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| 200 | - `bgBlack`
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| 201 | - `bgRed`
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| 202 | - `bgGreen`
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| 203 | - `bgYellow`
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| 204 | - `bgBlue`
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| 205 | - `bgMagenta`
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| 206 | - `bgCyan`
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| 207 | - `bgWhite`
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| 208 | - `bgBlackBright`
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| 209 | - `bgRedBright`
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| 210 | - `bgGreenBright`
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| 211 | - `bgYellowBright`
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| 212 | - `bgBlueBright`
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| 213 | - `bgMagentaBright`
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| 214 | - `bgCyanBright`
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| 215 | - `bgWhiteBright`
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| 216 |
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| 217 |
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| 218 | ## Tagged template literal
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| 219 |
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| 220 | Chalk can be used as a [tagged template literal](http://exploringjs.com/es6/ch_template-literals.html#_tagged-template-literals).
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| 221 |
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| 222 | ```js
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| 223 | const chalk = require('chalk');
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| 224 |
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| 225 | const miles = 18;
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| 226 | const calculateFeet = miles => miles * 5280;
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| 227 |
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| 228 | console.log(chalk`
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| 229 | There are {bold 5280 feet} in a mile.
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| 230 | In {bold ${miles} miles}, there are {green.bold ${calculateFeet(miles)} feet}.
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| 231 | `);
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| 232 | ```
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| 233 |
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| 234 | Blocks are delimited by an opening curly brace (`{`), a style, some content, and a closing curly brace (`}`).
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| 235 |
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| 236 | Template styles are chained exactly like normal Chalk styles. The following two statements are equivalent:
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| 237 |
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| 238 | ```js
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| 239 | console.log(chalk.bold.rgb(10, 100, 200)('Hello!'));
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| 240 | console.log(chalk`{bold.rgb(10,100,200) Hello!}`);
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| 241 | ```
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| 242 |
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| 243 | Note that function styles (`rgb()`, `hsl()`, `keyword()`, etc.) may not contain spaces between parameters.
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| 244 |
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| 245 | All interpolated values (`` chalk`${foo}` ``) are converted to strings via the `.toString()` method. All curly braces (`{` and `}`) in interpolated value strings are escaped.
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| 246 |
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| 247 |
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| 248 | ## 256 and Truecolor color support
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| 249 |
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| 250 | Chalk supports 256 colors and [Truecolor](https://gist.github.com/XVilka/8346728) (16 million colors) on supported terminal apps.
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| 251 |
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| 252 | 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).
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| 253 |
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| 254 | Examples:
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| 255 |
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| 256 | - `chalk.hex('#DEADED').underline('Hello, world!')`
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| 257 | - `chalk.keyword('orange')('Some orange text')`
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| 258 | - `chalk.rgb(15, 100, 204).inverse('Hello!')`
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| 259 |
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| 260 | 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).
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| 261 |
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| 262 | - `chalk.bgHex('#DEADED').underline('Hello, world!')`
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| 263 | - `chalk.bgKeyword('orange')('Some orange text')`
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| 264 | - `chalk.bgRgb(15, 100, 204).inverse('Hello!')`
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| 265 |
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| 266 | The following color models can be used:
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| 267 |
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| 268 | - [`rgb`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RGB_color_model) - Example: `chalk.rgb(255, 136, 0).bold('Orange!')`
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| 269 | - [`hex`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_colors#Hex_triplet) - Example: `chalk.hex('#FF8800').bold('Orange!')`
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| 270 | - [`keyword`](https://www.w3.org/wiki/CSS/Properties/color/keywords) (CSS keywords) - Example: `chalk.keyword('orange').bold('Orange!')`
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| 271 | - [`hsl`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV) - Example: `chalk.hsl(32, 100, 50).bold('Orange!')`
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| 272 | - [`hsv`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HSL_and_HSV) - Example: `chalk.hsv(32, 100, 100).bold('Orange!')`
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| 273 | - [`hwb`](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HWB_color_model) - Example: `chalk.hwb(32, 0, 50).bold('Orange!')`
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| 274 | - `ansi16`
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| 275 | - `ansi256`
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| 276 |
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| 277 |
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| 278 | ## Windows
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| 279 |
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| 280 | If you're on Windows, do yourself a favor and use [`cmder`](http://cmder.net/) instead of `cmd.exe`.
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| 281 |
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| 282 |
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| 283 | ## Origin story
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| 284 |
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| 285 | [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.
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| 286 |
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| 287 |
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| 288 | ## Related
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| 289 |
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| 290 | - [chalk-cli](https://github.com/chalk/chalk-cli) - CLI for this module
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| 291 | - [ansi-styles](https://github.com/chalk/ansi-styles) - ANSI escape codes for styling strings in the terminal
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| 292 | - [supports-color](https://github.com/chalk/supports-color) - Detect whether a terminal supports color
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| 293 | - [strip-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi) - Strip ANSI escape codes
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| 294 | - [strip-ansi-stream](https://github.com/chalk/strip-ansi-stream) - Strip ANSI escape codes from a stream
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| 295 | - [has-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/has-ansi) - Check if a string has ANSI escape codes
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| 296 | - [ansi-regex](https://github.com/chalk/ansi-regex) - Regular expression for matching ANSI escape codes
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| 297 | - [wrap-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/wrap-ansi) - Wordwrap a string with ANSI escape codes
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| 298 | - [slice-ansi](https://github.com/chalk/slice-ansi) - Slice a string with ANSI escape codes
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| 299 | - [color-convert](https://github.com/qix-/color-convert) - Converts colors between different models
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| 300 | - [chalk-animation](https://github.com/bokub/chalk-animation) - Animate strings in the terminal
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| 301 | - [gradient-string](https://github.com/bokub/gradient-string) - Apply color gradients to strings
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| 302 | - [chalk-pipe](https://github.com/LitoMore/chalk-pipe) - Create chalk style schemes with simpler style strings
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| 303 | - [terminal-link](https://github.com/sindresorhus/terminal-link) - Create clickable links in the terminal
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| 304 |
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| 305 |
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| 306 | ## Maintainers
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| 307 |
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| 308 | - [Sindre Sorhus](https://github.com/sindresorhus)
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| 309 | - [Josh Junon](https://github.com/qix-)
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| 310 |
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| 311 |
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| 312 | ## License
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| 313 |
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| 314 | MIT
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