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log-update

Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal. Useful for rendering progress bars, animations, etc.

6.1.0

1,108

MIT

JavaScript

7.40 kB

4.2

Installations

npm install log-update

Developer Guide

BETA

Typescript

Yes

Module System

ESM

Min. Node Version

>=18

Node Version

18.20.2

NPM Version

10.6.0 Pull Requests

Open

0

Total

32

Closed

14

Merged

18

Issues

Open

6

Total

29

Closed

23

Releases

v6.1.0

Updated on Jul 26, 2024

v6.0.0

Updated on Oct 28, 2023

v5.0.1

Updated on Apr 20, 2022

v5.0.0

Updated on Oct 18, 2021

v4.0.0

Updated on Feb 20, 2020

v3.4.0

Updated on Feb 02, 2020

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Languages

JavaScript

TypeScript

JavaScript (94.43%)

TypeScript (5.57%)

Developer

sindresorhus

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GitHub Statistics

MIT License

1,108 Stars

67 Commits

40 Forks

10 Watchers

1 Branches

15 Contributors

Updated on Jul 17, 2025

Sponsor this package

https://github.com/sponsors/sindresorhus

Maintainers

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Package Meta Information

Latest Version

6.1.0

Package Id

log-update@6.1.0

Unpacked Size

7.40 kB

Size

2.87 kB

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NPM Version

10.6.0

Node Version

18.20.2

Published on

Jul 26, 2024

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Dependencies

ansi-escapes cli-cursor slice-ansi strip-ansi wrap-ansi

Dev Dependencies

@types/node ava terminal.js tsd wcwidth xo

log-update

Log by overwriting the previous output in the terminal.
Useful for rendering progress bars, animations, etc.

Install

1npm install log-update

Usage

1import logUpdate from 'log-update';
2
3const frames = ['-', '\\', '|', '/'];
4let index = 0;
5
6setInterval(() => {
7	const frame = frames[index = ++index % frames.length];
8
9	logUpdate(
10`
11        ♥♥
12   ${frame} unicorns ${frame}
13        ♥♥
14`
15	);
16}, 80);

API

logUpdate(text…)

Log to stdout.

logUpdate.clear()

Clear the logged output.

logUpdate.done()

Persist the logged output.

Useful if you want to start a new log session below the current one.

logUpdateStderr(text…)

Log to stderr.

logUpdateStderr.clear()

logUpdateStderr.done()

createLogUpdate(stream, options?)

Get a logUpdate method that logs to the specified stream.

options

Type: object

showCursor

Type: boolean
Default: false

Show the cursor. This can be useful when a CLI accepts input from a user.

1import {createLogUpdate} from 'log-update';
2
3// Write output but don't hide the cursor
4const log = createLogUpdate(process.stdout, {
5	showCursor: true
6});

Examples

listr - Uses this module to render an interactive task list
ora - Uses this module to render awesome spinners
speed-test - Uses this module to render a spinner

Branch-Protection

Determines if the default and release branches are protected with GitHub's branch protection settings.

0

SAST

Determines if the project uses static code analysis.

Score

4.2

/10

Last Scanned on 2025-07-07

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