# sindresorhus/cli-spinners

Spinners for use in the terminal

Repository: https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/cli-spinners
Language: JavaScript
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2026-02-16T01:42:41+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 64/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 67, release rhythm 41, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3835, "days_push": 199, "days_rel": 232, "gap_med": 110, "n_releases_24m": 4}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2919, forks 131 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:30.126641+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: cli, terminal-ui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform
- tags: spinner, loading-indicator, terminal-ui, ascii-animation, progress-indicator, command-line, nodejs

## Member repositories
- sindresorhus/cli-spinners (main) score 64

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.126641+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 2026-08-30T07:34:00.570935+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:30.126641+00:00, sha 9ff5eb9c8a5c)
  - registry_npm: https://registry.npmjs.org/cli-spinners (fetched 2026-08-29T09:49:27.153963+00:00, sha 4d50685a13b5)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.