yoctocolorsv2.2.0, 26 Jul 2026
The smallest and fastest command-line coloring package on the internet
$ npm install yoctocolorscli-colorv2.0.4, 29 Feb 2024
Colors, formatting and other tools for the console
$ npm install cli-color| Metric | yoctocolors | cli-color | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly downloads | 28,098,549 | 2,457,810 | yoctocolors 11.4x higher |
| 12-month download growth | +491% | +1% | yoctocolors +490 pts |
| Gzip size | - | - | - |
| Minified size | - | - | - |
| Dependencies | 0 | 5 | cli-color 5 more |
| Unpacked size | 13 kB | 39 kB | yoctocolors 2.9x smaller |
| Latest release | 2.2.0, 26 Jul 2026 | 2.0.4, 29 Feb 2024 | yoctocolors 2.4 years more recent |
| Releases, last 12 months | 1 | 0 | yoctocolors 1 more |
| First published | 1 Oct 2021 | 11 Jul 2011 | cli-color 10.2 years earlier |
| GitHub stars | 877 | 673 | yoctocolors +30% |
| Open issues | 0 | 3 | cli-color 3 more |
| Open pull requests | 0 | 0 | Same |
| Contributors | - | - | - |
| Commits, last 52 weeks | 3 | 0 | yoctocolors higher |
| TypeScript types | Bundled | None | Differs |
| Module format | ESM only | - | Differs |
| Runtimes | - | - | - |
| License | MIT | ISC | 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.
yoctocolors28.1m latest weekcli-color2.5m latest week
Week of 23 Sept 2025Week of 15 Sept 2026
yoctocolors
Major versions
- 0.1.01 Oct 2021
- 1.0.030 Jun 2022
- 2.0.01 Mar 2024
Last 5 releases
- 2.2.026 Jul 2026
- 2.1.219 Aug 2025
- 2.1.13 Jul 2024
- 2.1.029 Jun 2024
- 2.0.214 May 2024
11 releases in total, 1 in the last 12 months
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
yoctocolors
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- Need no runtime dependenciesyoctocolors (yoctocolors has 0, cli-color has 5)
- Need both ESM and CommonJS entry pointsNeither (yoctocolors: ESM only; cli-color: -)
- Need to load it with require()Neither
- Need TypeScript types in the package itselfyoctocolors (yoctocolors: Bundled; cli-color: None)
- Node.js version requirementyoctocolors: >=18; cli-color: >=0.10 (engines field in package.json)
- Need the more recent releaseyoctocolors (2.2.0 on 26 Jul 2026 vs 2.0.4 on 29 Feb 2024)
- Higher weekly npm downloadsyoctocolors (28.1m vs 2.5m)
- Licenseyoctocolors: MIT; cli-color: ISC
Each line is generated from the data above.
- chalk vs yoctocolors0 searches/mo
- cli-color vs chalk0 searches/mo
- yoctocolors vs chalk-animationNo search data
yoctocolors: yoctocolors npm registry, yoctocolors npm downloads, yoctocolors GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
cli-color: cli-color npm registry, cli-color npm downloads, cli-color GitHub. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.
Indexability: Indexed.