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							|  |  | > Elegant terminal spinner
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							|  |  | <p align="center">
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							|  |  | 	<br>
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							|  |  | 	<img src="screenshot.svg" width="500">
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							|  |  | 	<br>
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							|  |  | </p>
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							|  |  | ## Install
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | $ npm install ora
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | ## Usage
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | const ora = require('ora');
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							|  |  | const spinner = ora('Loading unicorns').start();
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							|  |  | setTimeout(() => {
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							|  |  | 	spinner.color = 'yellow';
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							|  |  | 	spinner.text = 'Loading rainbows';
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							|  |  | }, 1000);
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | ## API
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							|  |  | ### ora(text)
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							|  |  | ### ora(options)
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							|  |  | If a string is provided, it is treated as a shortcut for [`options.text`](#text).
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							|  |  | #### options
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							|  |  | Type: `object`
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							|  |  | ##### text
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							|  |  | Type: `string`
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							|  |  | Text to display after the spinner.
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							|  |  | ##### prefixText
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							|  |  | Type: `string | () => string`
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							|  |  | Text or a function that returns text to display before the spinner. No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
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							|  |  | ##### spinner
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							|  |  | Type: `string | object`\
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							|  |  | Default: `'dots'` <img src="screenshot-spinner.gif" width="14">
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							|  |  | Name of one of the [provided spinners](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners/blob/main/spinners.json). See `example.js` in this repo if you want to test out different spinners. On Windows, it will always use the `line` spinner as the Windows command-line doesn't have proper Unicode support.
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							|  |  | Or an object like:
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | {
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							|  |  | 	interval: 80, // Optional
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							|  |  | 	frames: ['-', '+', '-']
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							|  |  | }
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | ##### color
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							|  |  | Type: `string`\
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							|  |  | Default: `'cyan'`\
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							|  |  | Values: `'black' | 'red' | 'green' | 'yellow' | 'blue' | 'magenta' | 'cyan' | 'white' | 'gray'`
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							|  |  | Color of the spinner.
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							|  |  | ##### hideCursor
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							|  |  | Type: `boolean`\
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							|  |  | Default: `true`
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							|  |  | Set to `false` to stop Ora from hiding the cursor.
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							|  |  | ##### indent
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							|  |  | Type: `number`\
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							|  |  | Default: `0`
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							|  |  | Indent the spinner with the given number of spaces.
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							|  |  | ##### interval
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							|  |  | Type: `number`\
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							|  |  | Default: Provided by the spinner or `100`
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							|  |  | Interval between each frame.
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							|  |  | Spinners provide their own recommended interval, so you don't really need to specify this.
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							|  |  | ##### stream
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							|  |  | Type: `stream.Writable`\
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							|  |  | Default: `process.stderr`
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							|  |  | Stream to write the output.
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							|  |  | You could for example set this to `process.stdout` instead.
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							|  |  | ##### isEnabled
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							|  |  | Type: `boolean`
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							|  |  | Force enable/disable the spinner. If not specified, the spinner will be enabled if the `stream` is being run inside a TTY context (not spawned or piped) and/or not in a CI environment.
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							|  |  | Note that `{isEnabled: false}` doesn't mean it won't output anything. It just means it won't output the spinner, colors, and other ansi escape codes. It will still log text.
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							|  |  | ##### isSilent
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							|  |  | Type: `boolean`\
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							|  |  | Default: `false`
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							|  |  | Disable the spinner and all log text. All output is suppressed and `isEnabled` will be considered `false`.
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							|  |  | ##### discardStdin
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							|  |  | Type: `boolean`\
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							|  |  | Default: `true`
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							|  |  | Discard stdin input (except Ctrl+C) while running if it's TTY. This prevents the spinner from twitching on input, outputting broken lines on <kbd>Enter</kbd> key presses, and prevents buffering of input while the spinner is running.
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							|  |  | This has no effect on Windows as there's no good way to implement discarding stdin properly there.
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							|  |  | ### Instance
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							|  |  | #### .start(text?)
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							|  |  | Start the spinner. Returns the instance. Set the current text if `text` is provided.
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							|  |  | #### .stop()
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							|  |  | Stop and clear the spinner. Returns the instance.
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							|  |  | #### .succeed(text?)
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							|  |  | Stop the spinner, change it to a green `✔` and persist the current text, or `text` if provided. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
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							|  |  | #### .fail(text?)
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							|  |  | Stop the spinner, change it to a red `✖` and persist the current text, or `text` if provided. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
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							|  |  | #### .warn(text?)
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							|  |  | Stop the spinner, change it to a yellow `⚠` and persist the current text, or `text` if provided. Returns the instance.
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							|  |  | #### .info(text?)
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							|  |  | Stop the spinner, change it to a blue `ℹ` and persist the current text, or `text` if provided. Returns the instance.
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							|  |  | #### .isSpinning
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							|  |  | A boolean of whether the instance is currently spinning.
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							|  |  | #### .stopAndPersist(options?)
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							|  |  | Stop the spinner and change the symbol or text. Returns the instance. See the GIF below.
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							|  |  | ##### options
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							|  |  | Type: `object`
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							|  |  | ###### symbol
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							|  |  | Type: `string`\
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							|  |  | Default: `' '`
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							|  |  | Symbol to replace the spinner with.
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							|  |  | ###### text
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							|  |  | Type: `string`\
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							|  |  | Default: Current `'text'`
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							|  |  | Text to be persisted after the symbol
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							|  |  | ###### prefixText
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							|  |  | Type: `string`\
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							|  |  | Default: Current `prefixText`
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							|  |  | Text to be persisted before the symbol. No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
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							|  |  | <img src="screenshot-2.gif" width="480">
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							|  |  | #### .clear()
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							|  |  | Clear the spinner. Returns the instance.
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							|  |  | #### .render()
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							|  |  | Manually render a new frame. Returns the instance.
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							|  |  | #### .frame()
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							|  |  | Get a new frame.
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							|  |  | #### .text
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							|  |  | Change the text after the spinner.
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							|  |  | #### .prefixText
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							|  |  | Change the text before the spinner. No prefix text will be displayed if set to an empty string.
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							|  |  | #### .color
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							|  |  | Change the spinner color.
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							|  |  | #### .spinner
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							|  |  | Change the spinner.
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							|  |  | #### .indent
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							|  |  | Change the spinner indent.
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							|  |  | ### ora.promise(action, text)
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							|  |  | ### ora.promise(action, options)
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							|  |  | Starts a spinner for a promise. The spinner is stopped with `.succeed()` if the promise fulfills or with `.fail()` if it rejects. Returns the spinner instance.
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							|  |  | #### action
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							|  |  | Type: `Promise`
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							|  |  | ## FAQ
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							|  |  | ### How do I change the color of the text?
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							|  |  | Use [Chalk](https://github.com/chalk/chalk):
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							|  |  | ```js
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							|  |  | const ora = require('ora');
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							|  |  | const chalk = require('chalk');
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							|  |  | const spinner = ora(`Loading ${chalk.red('unicorns')}`).start();
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							|  |  | ```
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							|  |  | ### Why does the spinner freeze?
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							|  |  | JavaScript is single-threaded, so synchronous operations blocks the thread, including the spinner animation. Prefer asynchronous operations whenever possible.
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							|  |  | ## Related
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							|  |  | - [cli-spinners](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-spinners) - Spinners for use in the terminal
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							|  |  | - [listr](https://github.com/SamVerschueren/listr) - Terminal task list
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							|  |  | - [CLISpinner](https://github.com/kiliankoe/CLISpinner) - Terminal spinner library for Swift
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							|  |  | - [halo](https://github.com/ManrajGrover/halo) - Python port
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							|  |  | - [spinners](https://github.com/FGRibreau/spinners) - Terminal spinners for Rust
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							|  |  | - [marquee-ora](https://github.com/joeycozza/marquee-ora) - Scrolling marquee spinner for Ora
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							|  |  | - [briandowns/spinner](https://github.com/briandowns/spinner) - Terminal spinner/progress indicator for Go
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							|  |  | - [tj/go-spin](https://github.com/tj/go-spin) - Terminal spinner package for Go
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							|  |  | - [observablehq.com/@victordidenko/ora](https://observablehq.com/@victordidenko/ora) - Ora port to Observable notebooks
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							|  |  | - [spinnies](https://github.com/jcarpanelli/spinnies) - Terminal multi-spinner library for Node.js
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							|  |  | - [kia](https://github.com/HarryPeach/kia) - Simple terminal spinners for Deno 🦕
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