tartley/colorama

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Colorama is a Python library that makes ANSI escape sequences for colored terminal text and cursor positioning work on Windows by wrapping stdout and converting them to win32 calls. It provides a simple cross-platform API for printing colored terminal output from Python.

Use cases

• print colored text to the terminal in Python
• make ANSI-colored CLI output work on Windows
• fix Windows console so existing ANSI-based libraries display correctly
• add color to command-line tool output cross-platform
• strip ANSI sequences from output on unsupported terminals

When to choose

• you need colored terminal output in Python that works on Windows as well as Unix
• you maintain a library using ANSI sequences and want it to work on Windows with minimal changes
• you want a dependency-free, standard-library-only solution

When to avoid

• you only target Unix-like systems where ANSI sequences already work natively
• you need rich TUI features like layouts or widgets (use a full TUI framework instead)
• you are building a modern Windows-only app that can rely on native VT support

Facets

library · maturity stable

developer-tools cli developer-tools cross-platform python windows cross-platform ansi-escape-sequences terminal-colors stdout-wrapping windows-console command-line linux macos

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