sindresorhus/cli-spinners

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

A JavaScript library providing 70+ terminal spinner definitions (frame arrays and intervals) as a simple JSON-backed dataset. It is typically consumed via the ora package to show loading indicators in command-line tools.

Use cases

• show a loading spinner in a cli tool
• add a busy indicator to terminal output
• get spinner frames and intervals as json
• pick a random spinner animation for the terminal
• build a custom terminal progress indicator

When to choose

• you need spinner frame data to render yourself or feed into ora
• you want a large variety of ready-made spinner animations
• you need the spinner definitions in a language-agnostic JSON format

When to avoid

• you want a full spinner renderer with start/stop logic - use ora instead
• you need progress bars rather than indeterminate spinners
• you are not building a terminal or console application

Facets

library · maturity stable

cli terminal-ui developer-tools developer-tools cli cross-platform spinner loading-indicator terminal-ui ascii-animation progress-indicator command-line nodejs

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