| Metric | cli-color | chalk | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 2,457,810 | 411,482,632 | chalk 167.4x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +1% | +34% | chalk +33 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 5 | 0 | cli-color 5 more |
| Unpacked size | 39 kB | 55 kB | cli-color 41% smaller |
| Latest release | 2.0.4, 29 Feb 2024 | 6.0.0, 26 Jul 2026 | chalk 2.4 years more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 | 1 | chalk 1 more |
| First published | 11 Jul 2011 | 3 Aug 2013 | cli-color 2.1 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 673 | 23,319 | chalk 34.6x higher |
| Open issues | 3 | 0 | cli-color 3 more |
| Open pull requests | 0 | 0 | Same |
| Contributors | - | 67 | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 0 | 10 | chalk higher |
| TypeScript types | None | Bundled | Differs |
| Module format | - | ESM only | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | Node.js | - |
| License | ISC | MIT | Differs |
Green marks the smaller size or the more recent release. Bold marks the higher count, with no judgement implied. Sizes are for the whole package per Bundlephobia. Growth compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the 52-week series.
cli-color2.5m latest weekchalk415.6m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
cli-color
Major versions
- 0.1.011 Jul 2011
- 1.0.022 Apr 2015
- 2.0.09 Oct 2019
Last 5 releases
- 2.0.429 Feb 2024
- 2.0.34 Jul 2022
- 2.0.231 Mar 2022
- 2.0.115 Oct 2021
- 2.0.09 Oct 2019
26 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
chalk
Major versions
- 0.1.03 Aug 2013
- 1.0.023 Feb 2015
- 2.0.029 Jun 2017
- 3.0.09 Nov 2019
- 4.0.02 Apr 2020
- 5.0.026 Nov 2021
- 6.0.026 Jul 2026
Last 5 releases
- 6.0.026 Jul 2026
- 5.6.28 Sept 2025
- 5.6.017 Aug 2025
- 5.5.03 Aug 2025
- 5.4.121 Dec 2024
42 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months
cli-color
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chalk
Chainable style methods for terminal output
cli-color
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chalk
- Chalk 5 is ESM; Chalk 4 is recommended for TypeScript or build tools.
- Chalk is used by ~115,000 packages as of July 4, 2024.
- Supports 256 colors and Truecolor (16 million colors).
- No dependencies.
- Need no runtime dependencieschalk (cli-color has 5, chalk has 0)
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (cli-color: -; chalk: ESM only)
- Need to load it with require()Neither
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfchalk (cli-color: None; chalk: Bundled)
- Node.js version requirementcli-color: >=0.10; chalk: >=22 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasechalk (6.0.0 on 26 Jul 2026 vs 2.0.4 on 29 Feb 2024)
- Higher weekly npm downloadschalk (411.5m vs 2.5m)
- Licensecli-color: ISC; chalk: MIT
Each line is generated from the data above.
- chalk vs yoctocolors0 searches/mo
- chalk vs ansi-escapes0 searches/mo
- yoctocolors vs cli-colorNo search data
cli-color: cli-color npm registry, cli-color npm downloads, cli-color GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
chalk: chalk npm registry, chalk npm downloads, chalk GitHub, chalk jsDelivr, github.com/chalk/chalk#readme. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Keyword demand: DataForSEO Google Ads search volume, US, English
Indexability: Indexed: 0 US searches/month across both orderings ("cli-color vs chalk", "chalk vs cli-color").