cli-spinners

70+ spinners for use in the terminal

The list of spinners is just a JSON file and can be used wherever.

You probably want to use one of these spinners through the ora package.

Install

npm install cli-spinners

Usage

import cliSpinners from 'cli-spinners';

console.log(cliSpinners.dots);
/*
{
	interval: 80,
	frames: ['⠋', '⠙', '⠹', '⠸', '⠼', '⠴', '⠦', '⠧', '⠇', '⠏']
}
*/

• interval is the intended time per frame, in milliseconds.
• frames is an array of frames to show for the spinner.

Preview

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API

cliSpinners

Each spinner comes with a recommended interval and an array of frames.

See the spinners.

randomSpinner()

Get a random spinner.

import {randomSpinner} from 'cli-spinners';

console.log(randomSpinner());
/*
{
	interval: 80,
	frames: ['⠋', '⠙', '⠹', '⠸', '⠼', '⠴', '⠦', '⠧', '⠇', '⠏']
}
*/

Related

• ora - Elegant terminal spinner
• CLISpinner - Swift port
• py-spinners - Python port
• spinners - Rust port
• go-spinners - Go port
• bash-cli-spinners - Bash port
• spinner.nvim - Neovim port