multicolor

Cross-platform/cross library text colorization for Node.js.

Automatically detects and uses the best available colorization library from:

• chalk
• picocolors
• yoctocolors
• Node.js built-in util.styleText

Useful when you create a module that outputs color content into terminal, but you must rely on the project's existing colorizing library instead of adding another dependency to the project.

Usage

const multicolor = require('@j_moleiro/multicolor');

console.log(multicolor('Hello, world!', ['red']));
console.log(multicolor('Bold green text', ['green', 'bold']));

Parameters

|Parameter|Type|Description| |---------|----|-----------| |text|string|The text to be colorized| |color parameters|Array|An array of colorizing parameters|

Color parameters

The support of these parameters may vary depending on the backend library

Modifiers

• bold - Make the text bold.
• italic - Make the text italic. (Not widely supported)
• underline - Put a horizontal line below the text. (Not widely supported)
• strikethrough - Put a horizontal line through the center of the text. (Not widely supported)

Colors

• black
• red
• green
• yellow
• blue
• magenta
• cyan
• white
• gray
• redBright
• greenBright
• yellowBright
• blueBright
• magentaBright
• cyanBright
• whiteBright

Background colors

• bgBlack
• bgRed
• bgGreen
• bgYellow
• bgBlue
• bgMagenta
• bgCyan
• bgWhite
• bgGray
• bgRedBright
• bgGreenBright
• bgYellowBright
• bgBlueBright
• bgMagentaBright
• bgCyanBright
• bgWhiteBright

Supports

• chalk Up to version 4.7
• picocolors
• yoctocolors
• Node.js built-in util.styleText, available since node version v21.7

License

MIT License

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