spectreconsole/spectre.console

A .NET library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications.

C#

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Spectre.Console

Spectre.Console NuGet Version

A .NET library that makes it easier to create beautiful, cross platform, console applications.
It is heavily inspired by the excellent Python library, Rich. Detailed instructions for using Spectre.Console are located on the project website, https://spectreconsole.net

Table of Contents

  1. Features
  2. Installing
  3. Documentation
  4. Examples
  5. Code of Conduct
  6. .NET Foundation
  7. License

Features

  • Supports tables, grids, panels, and a Rich inspired markup language.
  • Supports the most common SGR parameters when it comes to text styling such as bold, dim, italic, underline, strikethrough, and blinking text.
  • Supports 3/4/8/24-bit colors in the terminal.
    The library will detect the capabilities of the current terminal and downgrade colors as needed.
  • Written with unit testing in mind.

Example

Important Notices

[!IMPORTANT]
We use the Top Issues Dashboard for tracking community demand. Please upvote 👍 the issues and pull requests you are interested in.

Installing

The fastest way of getting started using Spectre.Console is to install the NuGet package.

dotnet add package Spectre.Console

Documentation

The documentation for Spectre.Console can be found at https://spectreconsole.net

Examples

To see Spectre.Console in action, please see the examples repository.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information see the .NET Foundation Code of Conduct.

.NET Foundation

This project is supported by the .NET Foundation.

Translations

License

Copyright © Patrik Svensson, Phil Scott, Nils Andresen, Cédric Luthi

Spectre.Console is provided as-is under the MIT license. For more information see LICENSE.

ansi-colors
cli-parser
console
console-tables
console-visualization
csharp
dotnet
dotnet-standard
opencli

spectreconsole/spectre.console

A .NET library that makes it easier to create beautiful console applications.

C#

11,664

1,035 commits

updated Oct 14, 2026

See the code

README

Spectre.Console

Spectre.Console NuGet Version

A .NET library that makes it easier to create beautiful, cross platform, console applications.
It is heavily inspired by the excellent Python library, Rich. Detailed instructions for using Spectre.Console are located on the project website, https://spectreconsole.net

Table of Contents

  1. Features
  2. Installing
  3. Documentation
  4. Examples
  5. Code of Conduct
  6. .NET Foundation
  7. License

Features

  • Supports tables, grids, panels, and a Rich inspired markup language.
  • Supports the most common SGR parameters when it comes to text styling such as bold, dim, italic, underline, strikethrough, and blinking text.
  • Supports 3/4/8/24-bit colors in the terminal.
    The library will detect the capabilities of the current terminal and downgrade colors as needed.
  • Written with unit testing in mind.

Example

Important Notices

[!IMPORTANT]
We use the Top Issues Dashboard for tracking community demand. Please upvote 👍 the issues and pull requests you are interested in.

Installing

The fastest way of getting started using Spectre.Console is to install the NuGet package.

dotnet add package Spectre.Console

Documentation

The documentation for Spectre.Console can be found at https://spectreconsole.net

Examples

To see Spectre.Console in action, please see the examples repository.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the code of conduct defined by the Contributor Covenant to clarify expected behavior in our community. For more information see the .NET Foundation Code of Conduct.

.NET Foundation

This project is supported by the .NET Foundation.

Translations

License

Copyright © Patrik Svensson, Phil Scott, Nils Andresen, Cédric Luthi

Spectre.Console is provided as-is under the MIT license. For more information see LICENSE.

ansi-colors
cli-parser
console
console-tables
console-visualization
csharp
dotnet
dotnet-standard
opencli

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0.57.2 · Jul 2, 2026

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