# bokub/chalk-animation

:clapper: Colorful animations in terminal output

Repository: https://github.com/bokub/chalk-animation
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/chalk-animation
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: nodejs, npm-package, chalk, animation, terminal, console, color
Last push: 2022-11-13T10:59:52+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3330, "days_push": 1389, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2182, forks 76 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:23.352449+00:00)

## What it is
A Node.js library that renders colorful animated text effects (rainbow, pulse, glitch, radar, neon, karaoke) in the terminal, built on chalk. It also ships a CLI mode for animating text from the command line.

## Use cases
- animate colorful text in terminal output
- add a rainbow spinner-style banner to a CLI tool
- show an animated loading message in a Node.js script
- render neon or glitch text effects in the console
- animate CLI output text with stop/start control
- make terminal scripts more visually engaging

## When to choose
- you want eye-catching animated text in a Node.js CLI or script
- you need programmatic control over animation start/stop, speed, and text replacement
- you want a tiny dependency with both library and CLI usage

## When to avoid
- you need static text coloring only (use chalk directly)
- your output must be machine-readable or logged to files
- you need animations outside a TTY/terminal environment
- you need actively developed features (last release 2022)

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: maintenance
- function: animation, cli, logging
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: chalk, terminal-output, console-effects, npm-package, ascii-animation, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- bokub/chalk-animation (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.352449+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T02:48:16.519438+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/bokub/chalk-animation (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:23.352449+00:00, sha 0cf9e0b1034c)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/chalk-animation (fetched 2026-08-29T10:28:38.697950+00:00, sha 8de1ca452323)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.