sindresorhus/boxen
Create boxes in the terminal observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
42/100
- Activity 42
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3908
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 348
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1675 stars · 59 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A JavaScript library for drawing bordered boxes around text in the terminal, with configurable border styles, colors, padding, margins, titles, and dimensions. It is a small npm package commonly used to make CLI output more visually prominent.
Use cases
- draw a box around text in terminal output
- highlight important messages in a CLI tool
- add a titled bordered panel to console output
- style CLI banners with double or rounded borders
- pad and align text inside terminal boxes
When to choose
- you are building a Node.js CLI and want eye-catching boxed output
- you need simple, dependency-light terminal text decoration
- you want configurable border styles, titles, and colors for console messages
When to avoid
- you need full TUI layouts or interactive components rather than static boxes
- your project is not JavaScript/Node.js based
- you need complex dashboard-style terminal UIs
Facets
library · maturity active
cli developer-tools terminal-ui developer-tools cli cross-platform terminal-output ascii-boxes unicode-borders text-styling command-line nodejs
2 sources
- readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/boxen · fetched 2026-08-28 · 9750cc8f34e5
- registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/boxen · fetched 2026-08-29 · bbb26d363cb2
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| sindresorhus/boxen | main | 42 |
For agents
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