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log-update vs chalk-animation

CLI tools and terminal utilitiesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
log-updatev8.0.0, 5 Apr 2026

Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal. Useful for rendering progress bars, animations, etc.

$ npm install log-update
chalk-animationv2.0.3, 6 Sept 2022

Colorful animations in terminal output

$ npm install chalk-animation
Metriclog-updatechalk-animationDifference
Weekly downloads31,465,309262,975log-update 119.7x higher
12-month download growth+31%+872%chalk-animation +842 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies63log-update 3 more
Unpacked size18 kB12 kBchalk-animation 45% smaller
Latest release8.0.0, 5 Apr 20262.0.3, 6 Sept 2022log-update 3.6 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months4--
First published16 Aug 2015--
GitHub stars1,1652,183chalk-animation 1.9x higher
Open issues04chalk-animation 4 more
Open pull requests01chalk-animation 1 more
Contributors16--
Commits, last 52 weeks100log-update higher
TypeScript typesBundledNoneDiffers
Module formatESM onlyESM onlySame
Runtimes---
LicenseMITMITSame

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.

log-update31.5m latest weekchalk-animation263k latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
Weekly npm downloads, 52 weeks. Y axis starts at zero. Values are not smoothed.

log-update

Major versions
  1. 1.0.016 Aug 2015
  2. 2.0.020 Apr 2017
  3. 3.0.03 Mar 2019
  4. 4.0.020 Feb 2020
  5. 5.0.018 Oct 2021
  6. 6.0.028 Oct 2023
  7. 7.0.015 Sept 2025
  8. 8.0.05 Apr 2026
Last 5 releases
  1. 8.0.05 Apr 2026
  2. 7.2.027 Feb 2026
  3. 7.1.05 Feb 2026
  4. 7.0.219 Nov 2025
  5. 7.0.123 Sept 2025
24 releases in total, 4 in the last 12 months

chalk-animation

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
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  • Module formatBoth ESM only
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselflog-update (log-update: Bundled; chalk-animation: None)
  • Node.js version requirementlog-update: >=22; chalk-animation: >=12 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaselog-update (8.0.0 on 5 Apr 2026 vs 2.0.3 on 6 Sept 2022)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadslog-update (31.5m vs 263k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

log-update: log-update npm registry, log-update npm downloads, log-update GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.