tint

Zero-dependency terminal color library for Go. Drop-in replacement for fatih/color.

Features

• Drop-in compatible with fatih/color API via tint/compat/color
• Zero external dependencies — built-in isatty detection and Windows color support
• Extended colors — 256-color palette and 24-bit RGB true color
• Thread-safe — safe for concurrent use
• Cross-platform — Linux, macOS, Windows (console API + VT sequence support)

Install

go get github.com/agentine/tint

Usage

Basic colors

import "github.com/agentine/tint"

// Using Color objects
c := tint.New(tint.FgRed, tint.Bold)
c.Println("Bold red text")

// Convenience functions
tint.Red("Error: %s", err)
tint.Green("Success!")

// String variants
msg := tint.RedString("failed: %s", reason)

Extended colors

// 256-color palette
hc := tint.HiColor(tint.Fg256(208))
hc.Sprint("orange text")

// 24-bit RGB true color
hc = tint.HiColor(tint.FgRGB(255, 128, 0), tint.BgRGB(0, 0, 64))
hc.Sprint("custom colors")

Functional style

red := tint.New(tint.FgRed).SprintFunc()
fmt.Println("This is", red("red"), "text")

warn := tint.New(tint.FgYellow, tint.Bold).SprintfFunc()
fmt.Println(warn("Warning: %d issues", count))

Disable color

// Globally
tint.NoColor = true

// Per-instance
c := tint.New(tint.FgRed)
c.DisableColor()

// Via environment: set NO_COLOR=1 or TERM=dumb

Migrating from fatih/color

Change your import path:

// Before
import "github.com/fatih/color"

// After
import "github.com/agentine/tint/compat/color"

No other code changes needed. All types, constants, and functions are identical.

License

MIT