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Ora. A spinner that shows progress while your terminal waits for something to finish.

github.com/sindresorhus/ora

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Updates

June 2026
  • Minor tweaks (#258)
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  • 9.4.1
  • Minor tweaks
  • Fix type definitions (#257)
April 2026
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  • 9.4.0
  • Add `successSymbol` and `failSymbol` options to `oraPromise`
  • Test tweaks
February 2026
  • Validate some options better
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  • 9.3.0
  • Reduce flicker in rendering
  • Add FAQ item
  • Add more tests for `discardStdin`
  • Document Ctrl+C behavior for discardStdin
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  • 9.2.0
  • Update `stdin-discarder` dependency (#251)
January 2026
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  • 9.1.0
  • Support external writes to stream while spinning
  • Replace `strip-ansi` with native `stripVTControlCharacters` (#249)
September 2025
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  • 9.0.0
  • Require Node.js 20
February 2025
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November 2024
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August 2024
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December 2023
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