Package

chalk

Terminal string styling done right

v6.0.0, 26 Jul 2026MITESM onlyTypes: BundledRuns in: Node.jsCLI tools and terminal utilities Logging

$ npm install chalk

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 411.5m; +34% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 1 month ago; v6.0.0
GitHub stars: 23.3k; 1.7k forks
Open issues / PRs: 0 / 0
Contributors: 67
Commits, last 52 weeks: 10

Downloads

Last week 2026-09-15 to 2026-09-21

Weekly npm downloads, one point per week, weeks starting 23 Sept 2025 to 15 Sept 2026. The y axis starts at zero.

411,482,632 downloads last week, 1,849,113,399 in the last month. The 12-month change of +34% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 142 in total
Latest version: 6.0.0, 26 Jul 20261 month ago
First published: 3 Aug 2013
Last push to GitHub: 18 Sept 20266 days before the snapshot
Repository archived: No
Open issues: 0
Open pull requests: 0
Commits, last 52 weeks: 10
Dependents on npm: 160,309

Major versions

v6 first release 6.0.0, 26 Jul 2026
v5 first release 5.0.0, 26 Nov 2021
v4 first release 4.0.0, 2 Apr 2020
v3 first release 3.0.0, 9 Nov 2019
v2 first release 2.0.0, 29 Jun 2017
v1 first release 1.0.0, 23 Feb 2015
v0 first release 0.1.0, 3 Aug 2013

Recent releases

Version	Published
6.0.0	26 Jul 2026
5.6.2	8 Sept 2025
5.6.0	17 Aug 2025
5.5.0	3 Aug 2025
5.4.1	21 Dec 2024
5.4.0	18 Dec 2024
5.3.0	29 Jun 2023
5.2.0	8 Dec 2022
5.1.2	12 Oct 2022
5.1.1	12 Oct 2022
5.1.0	5 Oct 2022
5.0.1	8 Mar 2022
5.0.0	26 Nov 2021
4.1.2	30 Jul 2021

Compatibility

Module format: ESM onlyFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: >=22
Runtimes: Node.jsFrom the package docs
Unpacked size (npm): 55 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install chalk

CDN

jsDelivr: 58.2k requests in 30 days

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/chalk@6.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/chalk@6.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/chalk@6.0.0

Alternatives

All chalk alternatives

Package	Weekly downloads	Gzip	Last release	Module	Comparison
yoctocolors The smallest and fastest command-line coloring package on the internet	28.1m	-	1 month ago	ESM only	chalk vs yoctocolors
yoctocolors-cjs CommonJS version - The smallest and fastest command-line coloring package on the internet	21.5m	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-
ansi-colors Easily add ANSI colors to your text and symbols in the terminal. A faster drop-in replacement for chalk, kleur and turbocolor (without the dependencies and rendering bugs).	45.7m	-	4 years ago	CommonJS	-
ansi-escapes ANSI escape codes for manipulating the terminal	95m	-	7 months ago	ESM only	chalk vs ansi-escapes
picocolors The tiniest and the fastest library for terminal output formatting with ANSI colors	179.4m	-	1 year ago	CommonJS	-
colorette 🌈Easily set your terminal text color & styles.	57.7m	-	3 years ago	ESM + CommonJS	-
log-update Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal. Useful for rendering progress bars, animations, etc.	31.5m	-	5 months ago	ESM only	-
sisteransi ANSI escape codes for some terminal swag	53.1m	-	2 months ago	ESM only	-

Comparisons

Notes

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.

Notes checked against: github.com/chalk/chalk#readme

Sources: npm registry, npm downloads API, GitHub API, jsDelivr. Data fetched 25 Sept 2026.

Indexability: Indexed.

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