ora alternatives and similar modules
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KeyboardJS
A JavaScript library for binding keyboard combos without the pain of key codes and key combo conflicts. -
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omelette
Omelette is a simple, template based autocompletion tool for Node and Deno projects with super easy API. (For Bash, Zsh and Fish) -
log-update
Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal. Useful for rendering progress bars, animations, etc. -
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insight
Node.js module to help you understand how your tool is being used by anonymously reporting usage metrics to Google Analytics -
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multispinner
Multiple, simultaneous, individually controllable spinners for concurrent tasks in Node.js CLI programs
InfluxDB - Purpose built for real-time analytics at any scale.
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README
ora
Elegant terminal spinner
Install
npm install ora
Usage
import ora from 'ora';
const spinner = ora('Loading unicorns').start();
setTimeout(() => {
spinner.color = 'yellow';
spinner.text = 'Loading rainbows';
}, 1000);
API
ora(text)
ora(options)
If a string is provided, it is treated as a shortcut for options.text.
options
Type: object
text
Type: string
Text to display after the spinner.
prefixText
Type: string | () => string
Text or a function that returns text to display before the spinner. No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
spinner
Type: string | object\
Default: 'dots'
Name of one of the provided spinners. See example.js in this repo if you want to test out different spinners. On Windows, it will always use the line spinner as the Windows command-line doesn't have proper Unicode support.
Or an object like:
{
interval: 80, // Optional
frames: ['-', '+', '-']
}
color
Type: string\
Default: 'cyan'\
Values: 'black' | 'red' | 'green' | 'yellow' | 'blue' | 'magenta' | 'cyan' | 'white' | 'gray'
The color of the spinner.
hideCursor
Type: boolean\
Default: true
Set to false to stop Ora from hiding the cursor.
indent
Type: number\
Default: 0
Indent the spinner with the given number of spaces.
interval
Type: number\
Default: Provided by the spinner or 100
Interval between each frame.
Spinners provide their own recommended interval, so you don't really need to specify this.
stream
Type: stream.Writable\
Default: process.stderr
Stream to write the output.
You could for example set this to process.stdout instead.
isEnabled
Type: boolean
Force enable/disable the spinner. If not specified, the spinner will be enabled if the stream is being run inside a TTY context (not spawned or piped) and/or not in a CI environment.
Note that {isEnabled: false} doesn't mean it won't output anything. It just means it won't output the spinner, colors, and other ansi escape codes. It will still log text.
isSilent
Type: boolean\
Default: false
Disable the spinner and all log text. All output is suppressed and isEnabled will be considered false.
discardStdin
Type: boolean\
Default: true
Discard stdin input (except Ctrl+C) while running if it's TTY. This prevents the spinner from twitching on input, outputting broken lines on Enter key presses, and prevents buffering of input while the spinner is running.
This has no effect on Windows as there is no good way to implement discarding stdin properly there.
Instance
.text get/set
Change the text after the spinner.
.prefixText get/set
Change the text before the spinner.
No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
.color get/set
Change the spinner color.
.spinner get/set
Change the spinner.
.indent get/set
Change the spinner indent.
.isSpinning get
A boolean of whether the instance is currently spinning.
.interval get
The interval between each frame.
The interval is decided by the chosen spinner.
.start(text?)
Start the spinner. Returns the instance. Set the current text if text is provided.
.stop()
Stop and clear the spinner. Returns the instance.
.succeed(text?)
Stop the spinner, change it to a green ✔ and persist the current text, or text if provided. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
.fail(text?)
Stop the spinner, change it to a red ✖ and persist the current text, or text if provided. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
.warn(text?)
Stop the spinner, change it to a yellow ⚠ and persist the current text, or text if provided. Returns the instance.
.info(text?)
Stop the spinner, change it to a blue ℹ and persist the current text, or text if provided. Returns the instance.
.stopAndPersist(options?)
Stop the spinner and change the symbol or text. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
options
Type: object
Type: string\
Default: ' '
Symbol to replace the spinner with.
Type: string\
Default: Current 'text'
Text to be persisted after the symbol
Type: string\
Default: Current prefixText
Text to be persisted before the symbol. No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
.clear()
Clear the spinner. Returns the instance.
.render()
Manually render a new frame. Returns the instance.
.frame()
Get a new frame.
oraPromise(action, text)
oraPromise(action, options)
Starts a spinner for a promise or promise-returning function. The spinner is stopped with .succeed() if the promise fulfills or with .fail() if it rejects. Returns the promise.
import {oraPromise} from 'ora';
await oraPromise(somePromise);
action
Type: Promise | ((spinner: ora.Ora) => Promise)
options
Type: object
All of the options plus the following:
successText
Type: string | ((result: T) => string) | undefined
The new text of the spinner when the promise is resolved.
Keeps the existing text if undefined.
failText
Type: string | ((error: Error) => string) | undefined
The new text of the spinner when the promise is rejected.
Keeps the existing text if undefined.
FAQ
How do I change the color of the text?
Use Chalk:
import ora from 'ora';
import chalk from 'chalk';
const spinner = ora(`Loading ${chalk.red('unicorns')}`).start();
Why does the spinner freeze?
JavaScript is single-threaded, so synchronous operations blocks the thread, including the spinner animation. Prefer asynchronous operations whenever possible.
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- halo - Python port
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- briandowns/spinner - Terminal spinner/progress indicator for Go
- tj/go-spin - Terminal spinner package for Go
- observablehq.com/@victordidenko/ora - Ora port to Observable notebooks
- spinnies - Terminal multi-spinner library for Node.js
- kia - Simple terminal spinners for Deno 🦕