marvinhagemeister/kolorist

A tiny utility to colorize stdin/stdout

322

stars

84

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TypeScript

primary language

Aug 12, 2025

updated

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ansi-colors
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colors
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README

kolorist

Tiny library to put colors into stdin/stdout :tada:

Screenshot of terminal colors

Usage

npm install --save-dev kolorist
import { red, cyan } from 'kolorist';

console.log(red(`Error: something failed in ${cyan('my-file.js')}.`));

You can also disable or enable colors globally via the following environment variables:

  • disable:

    • NODE_DISABLE_COLORS
    • NO_COLOR
    • TERM=dumb
    • FORCE_COLOR=0
  • enable:

    • FORCE_COLOR=1
    • FORCE_COLOR=2
    • FORCE_COLOR=3

On top of that you can disable colors right from node:

import { options, red } from 'kolorist';

options.enabled = false;
console.log(red('foo'));
// Logs a string without colors

You can also strip colors from a string:

import { red, stripColors } from 'kolorist';

console.log(stripColors(red('foo')));
// Logs 'foo'

License

MIT, see the license file.

Contributors

bjarkihall

2 commits

markthree

1 commits

marvinhagemeister/kolorist

A tiny utility to colorize stdin/stdout

322

stars

84

commits

TypeScript

primary language

Aug 12, 2025

updated

ansi
ansi-colors
cli
colors
minimal
node
tiny

README

kolorist

Tiny library to put colors into stdin/stdout :tada:

Screenshot of terminal colors

Usage

npm install --save-dev kolorist
import { red, cyan } from 'kolorist';

console.log(red(`Error: something failed in ${cyan('my-file.js')}.`));

You can also disable or enable colors globally via the following environment variables:

  • disable:

    • NODE_DISABLE_COLORS
    • NO_COLOR
    • TERM=dumb
    • FORCE_COLOR=0
  • enable:

    • FORCE_COLOR=1
    • FORCE_COLOR=2
    • FORCE_COLOR=3

On top of that you can disable colors right from node:

import { options, red } from 'kolorist';

options.enabled = false;
console.log(red('foo'));
// Logs a string without colors

You can also strip colors from a string:

import { red, stripColors } from 'kolorist';

console.log(stripColors(red('foo')));
// Logs 'foo'

License

MIT, see the license file.

Contributors

bjarkihall

2 commits

markthree

1 commits

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