Package

char-spinner

Put a little spinner on process.stderr, as unobtrusively as possible.

v2.0.0, 7 Jan 2026BlueOak-1.0.0ESM + CommonJSTypes: Bundled

$ npm install char-spinner

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Key numbers

As of 25 Sept 2026

Weekly downloads: 757.8k; +238% over 12 months
Gzip bundle size: -; No Bundlephobia data
Dependencies: 0; Direct, from package.json
Last release: 8 months ago; v2.0.0
GitHub stars: -
Open issues / PRs: - / -
Contributors: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -

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.

757,832 downloads last week, 3,603,849 in the last month. The 12-month change of +238% compares the average of the last 4 weeks with the first 4 weeks of the series.

Maintenance

Releases, last 12 months: 14 in total
Latest version: 2.0.0, 7 Jan 20268 months ago
First published: 7 May 2014
Last push to GitHub: -
Repository archived: -
Open issues: -
Open pull requests: -
Commits, last 52 weeks: -
Dependents on npm: -

Major versions

v2 first release 2.0.0, 7 Jan 2026
v1 first release 1.0.0, 7 May 2014
v0 first release 0.0.0, 7 May 2014

Recent releases

Version	Published
2.0.0	7 Jan 2026
1.0.1	4 Jun 2014
1.0.0	7 May 2014
0.0.0	7 May 2014

Compatibility

Module format: ESM + CommonJSFrom package.json type, main and exports fields
TypeScript types: Bundled
Node.js engine range: Not declared
Runtimes: -
Unpacked size (npm): 20 kB
Dependencies (0): None

Install

npm install char-spinner

CDN

jsDelivrhttps://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/char-spinner@2.0.0/
unpkghttps://unpkg.com/char-spinner@2.0.0/
esm.shhttps://esm.sh/char-spinner@2.0.0

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

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