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yoctocolors vs chalk-animation

CLI tools and terminal utilitiesPackage data 25 Sept 2026
yoctocolorsv2.2.0, 26 Jul 2026

The smallest and fastest command-line coloring package on the internet

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

Colorful animations in terminal output

$ npm install chalk-animation
Metricyoctocolorschalk-animationDifference
Weekly downloads28,098,549262,975yoctocolors 106.8x higher
12-month download growth+491%+872%chalk-animation +382 pts
Gzip size---
Minified size---
Dependencies03chalk-animation 3 more
Unpacked size13 kB12 kBchalk-animation 9% smaller
Latest release2.2.0, 26 Jul 20262.0.3, 6 Sept 2022yoctocolors 3.9 years more recent
Releases, last 12 months1--
First published1 Oct 2021--
GitHub stars8772,183chalk-animation 2.5x higher
Open issues04chalk-animation 4 more
Open pull requests01chalk-animation 1 more
Contributors---
Commits, last 52 weeks30yoctocolors 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.

yoctocolors28.1m 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.

yoctocolors

Major versions
  1. 0.1.01 Oct 2021
  2. 1.0.030 Jun 2022
  3. 2.0.01 Mar 2024
Last 5 releases
  1. 2.2.026 Jul 2026
  2. 2.1.219 Aug 2025
  3. 2.1.13 Jul 2024
  4. 2.1.029 Jun 2024
  5. 2.0.214 May 2024
11 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months

chalk-animation

Major versions
  1. -
Last 5 releases
  1. -
Release count not fetched
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  • Need no runtime dependenciesyoctocolors (yoctocolors has 0, chalk-animation has 3)
  • Module formatBoth ESM only
  • Need TypeScript types in the package itselfyoctocolors (yoctocolors: Bundled; chalk-animation: None)
  • Node.js version requirementyoctocolors: >=18; chalk-animation: >=12 (engines field in package.json)
  • Need the more recent releaseyoctocolors (2.2.0 on 26 Jul 2026 vs 2.0.3 on 6 Sept 2022)
  • Higher weekly npm downloadsyoctocolors (28.1m vs 263k)

Each line is generated from the data above.

yoctocolors: yoctocolors npm registry, yoctocolors npm downloads, yoctocolors GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.