nanocolorsv0.2.13, 9 Oct 2021
4x times faster than chalk and use 5x less space in node_modules
$ npm install nanocolorskleurv4.1.5, 26 Jun 2022
The fastest Node.js library for formatting terminal text with ANSI colors~!
$ npm install kleur| Metric | nanocolors | kleur | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 270,062 | 76,612,365 | kleur 283.7x higher |
| 12-month download growth | -15% | +107% | kleur +122 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 0 | Same |
| Unpacked size | 14 kB | 20 kB | nanocolors 45% smaller |
| Latest release | 0.2.13, 9 Oct 2021 | 4.1.5, 26 Jun 2022 | kleur 9 months more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | - | 0 | - |
| First published | - | 8 Jul 2018 | - |
| GitHub stars | 859 | 1,696 | kleur 2.0x higher |
| Open issues | 0 | 8 | kleur 8 more |
| Open pull requests | 0 | 6 | kleur 6 more |
| Contributors | - | 16 | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 0 | 0 | Same |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | Bundled | Same |
| Module format | ESM + CommonJS | ESM + CommonJS | Same |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | MIT | Same |
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.
nanocolors270.1k latest weekkleur76.2m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
nanocolors
Major versions
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Last 5 releases
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kleur
Major versions
- 0.0.08 Jul 2018
- 1.0.010 Jul 2018
- 2.0.020 Jul 2018
- 3.0.015 Nov 2018
- 4.0.017 Jun 2020
Last 5 releases
- 4.1.526 Jun 2022
- 4.1.422 Jan 2021
- 4.1.330 Sept 2020
- 4.1.226 Sept 2020
- 4.1.119 Aug 2020
21 releases in total, 0 in the last 12 months
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- Need no runtime dependenciesBoth
- Module formatBoth ESM + CommonJS
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfBoth
- Node.js version requirementnanocolors: none declared; kleur: >=6 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releasekleur (4.1.5 on 26 Jun 2022 vs 0.2.13 on 9 Oct 2021)
- Higher weekly npm downloadskleur (76.6m vs 270.1k)
Each line is generated from the data above.
nanocolors: nanocolors npm registry, nanocolors npm downloads, nanocolors GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
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