briandowns/spinner
Go (golang) package with 90 configurable terminal spinner/progress indicators. observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
24/100
- Activity 2
- Release rhythm 8
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4282
- days_rel: 590
- days_push: 590
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
2531 stars · 129 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Go package providing 90 configurable terminal spinner/progress indicators for command-line applications. It lets developers easily add animated loading indicators to any terminal program.
Use cases
- add a spinner to a go cli while a task runs
- show progress indicator in terminal application
- animated loading indicator for command line tool
- display activity status in golang terminal app
- customize terminal spinner character sets
- show wait cursor during long-running cli operation
When to choose
- you are writing a Go CLI and need a simple animated spinner
- you want many prebuilt spinner styles with easy configuration
- you need a lightweight, dependency-light terminal indicator
When to avoid
- you need rich progress bars with percentages and multi-line dashboards
- you are not building a terminal application
- you need a TUI framework with full layout control
Facets
library · maturity stable
terminal-ui cli developer-tools developer-tools cli cross-platform go spinner progress-indicator terminal golang cli-ux command-line
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/briandowns/spinner · fetched 2026-08-28 · 925aec15e342
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| briandowns/spinner | main | 24 |
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