# briandowns/spinner

Go (golang) package with 90 configurable terminal spinner/progress indicators.

Repository: https://github.com/briandowns/spinner
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/spinner
Language: Go
License: Apache-2.0
License Family: permissive
Topics: go, golang, spinner, statusbar, cli, terminal, terminal-ui, progress-bar, progressbar, indicator
Last push: 2025-01-20T04:30:31+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 24/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 2, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4282, "days_push": 590, "days_rel": 590, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 1}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2531, forks 129 (observed 2026-08-28T04:06:58.865413+00:00)

## What it is
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
- artifact type: library
- maturity: stable
- function: terminal-ui, cli, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools
- platform: cli, cross-platform, go
- tags: spinner, progress-indicator, terminal, golang, cli-ux, command-line

## Member repositories
- briandowns/spinner (main) score 24

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.865413+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 2026-08-30T02:25:19.423745+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/briandowns/spinner (fetched 2026-08-28T04:06:58.865413+00:00, sha 925aec15e342)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.