# colored-rs/colored

(Rust) Coloring terminal so simple you already know how to do it !

Repository: https://github.com/colored-rs/colored
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/colored
Language: Rust
License: MPL-2.0
License Family: copyleft
Topics: crates, rust, terminal, colors, ansi-term, hacktoberfest
Last push: 2026-01-16T16:13:44+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 71/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 62, release rhythm 66, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3826, "days_push": 229, "days_rel": 229, "gap_med": 22, "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 2036, forks 96 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:08.035962+00:00)

## What it is
A Rust library for easily coloring and styling terminal output with a simple chainable string extension API. It supports standard ANSI colors, bright colors, backgrounds, truecolor RGB/hex values, and text styles like bold and italic.

## Use cases
- color terminal output in a Rust CLI
- print colored text with ANSI escape codes in Rust
- add bold and italic styling to terminal strings
- use truecolor RGB or hex colors in terminal output
- respect NO_COLOR and CLICOLOR conventions in a Rust program
- style log or status messages with background colors

## When to choose
- you write Rust and want minimal-dependency, safe terminal coloring
- you need truecolor, hex, or background color support
- you want automatic NO_COLOR/CLICOLOR environment handling

## When to avoid
- you need a TUI framework with layout and widgets
- you are not working in Rust
- you need cross-platform GUI styling rather than terminal output

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: developer-tools, cli, terminal-ui
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: rust, windows, cli
- tags: ansi-colors, terminal-output, truecolor, string-styling, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- colored-rs/colored (main) score 71

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.035962+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 2026-08-30T02:59:19.391583+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/colored-rs/colored (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:08.035962+00:00, sha 14f7a8e6813a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.