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<strong>Rich text and beautiful formatting for the terminal โ a Rust port of Python's <a href="https://github.com/Textualize/rich">Rich</a> library.</strong>
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## โจ Features
- ๐จ **Style** โ 13 text attributes (bold, italic, underline, dim, blink, reverse, strikethrough, overline, conceal, frame, encircle, blink2, underline2), links, metadata, style chaining & combination
- ๐ **Console markup** โ `[bold red]text[/bold red]` BBCode-like inline styling
- ๐ฏ **256 named colors** โ full ANSI 256-color palette with aliases, hex, RGB, auto-downgrade, color blending
- ๐ญ **170+ theme styles** โ repr, json, markdown, logging, traceback, rule, bar, progress, table, tree, syntax, prompt categories with stack-based inheritance
- ๐ **Table** โ tabular data with headers, footers, row/column styling, colspan/rowspan, sections, 17 box styles, `.grid()` classmethod
- ๐ฒ **Tree** โ hierarchical tree rendering with Unicode/ASCII guides
- ๐ฆ **Panel** โ bordered containers with titles, subtitles, padding, `.fit()` for auto-sizing
- โ **Rule** โ horizontal dividers with optional centered, left-, or right-aligned titles
- ๐ **Padding & Align** โ CSS-style padding (1โ4 sides) and horizontal/vertical alignment wrappers
- ๐ **Columns** โ side-by-side column layout with equal-width and expand options
- ๐๏ธ **Layout** โ recursive split-pane layout engine with ratio sizing, named regions, and pluggable splitters
- โณ **Progress** โ multi-task progress bars with 11 column types, `track()`/`wrap_file()`/`open()` wrappers, file tracking
- ๐ **Spinner** โ 55 animated spinners with case-insensitive name lookup
- ๐ **Status** โ spinner + message with in-place refresh
- ๐ **Live** โ auto-updating displays with `LiveWriter` for stdout/stderr capture
- ๐ **Syntax highlighting** โ powered by syntect (100+ languages), `.from_path()`, `.guess_lexer()`, `.stylize_range()`
- ๐ **Markdown** โ headings, code blocks, lists, blockquotes, links, tables, image placeholders
- ๐ **JSON** โ pretty-printed, syntax-highlighted JSON
- ๐ **Logging** โ `RichHandler` for the `log` crate + standalone `LogRender` formatter with table output
- ๐ผ๏ธ **Box drawing** โ 17 box styles (rounded, square, heavy, double, ASCII, markdown, etc.)
- ๐ฅ๏ธ **Screen / Alt-screen** โ full-screen terminal applications with `ScreenContext` RAII guard
- โจ๏ธ **Prompts** โ `Prompt`, `IntPrompt`, `FloatPrompt`, `Confirm`, `Select`, password mode
- ๐ด **Traceback** โ rich exception rendering with locals, source code, frame suppression, panic hook
- ๐ **Inspect** โ structured object introspection with attribute and method tables
- ๐๏ธ **Control** โ composable terminal escape sequences (cursor, screen, title, bell, erase)
- ๐ค **HTML & SVG export** โ capture console output for the web with 4 preset themes
- ๐ **Emoji** โ 100+ `:shortcode:` โ Unicode emoji replacement
- ๐ **Palette** โ gradient, rainbow, and monochrome color palette generation
- ๐ **Bar chart** โ horizontal bar chart renderable with labels and auto-scaling
- ๐จ๏ธ **Pretty printing** โ `Pretty`, `pprint()`, `pretty_repr()`, `traverse()` with `Node` tree
- ๐ **Pager** โ system pager integration (`$PAGER` / `less`) with `PagerContext` RAII
- ๐ค **ANSI decoder** โ parse existing ANSI escape sequences back to styled `Text`
- ๐งฉ **Segment utilities** โ simplify, split_lines, strip_styles, strip_links, align, divide, set_shape, filter_control
## ๐ฆ Installation
```toml
[dependencies]
rusty-rich = "0.4"
```
## ๐ Quick Start
```rust
use rusty_rich::{
Console, Panel, Table, Column, Rule, Tree,
Style, Color, AlignMethod, Padding,
};
fn main() {
let mut console = Console::new();
// Print with markup
console.print_str("[bold green]Hello, [red]World![/red][/bold green]");
// Create a panel with a title
let panel = Panel::new("Hello inside a rounded box!")
.title("My Panel")
.border_style(Style::new().color(Color::parse("cyan").unwrap()));
console.println(&panel);
// Create a table
let mut table = Table::new();
table.add_column(Column::new("Name").justify(AlignMethod::Left));
table.add_column(Column::new("Age").justify(AlignMethod::Right));
table.add_row_str("Alice", "30");
table.add_row_str("Bob", "25");
console.println(&table);
// Create a tree
let mut tree = Tree::new("Root");
tree.add("Child 1").add("Grandchild");
tree.add("Child 2");
console.println(&tree);
// Draw a rule
console.rule("Section Break", None, None, None);
}
```
## ๐ฏ Colors (256 names)
```rust
use rusty_rich::{Color, Style};
// Named colors โ 256 ANSI palette
let red = Color::parse("red").unwrap();
let hot_pink = Color::parse("hot_pink").unwrap();
let steel_blue = Color::parse("steel_blue").unwrap();
let grey53 = Color::parse("grey53").unwrap();
// Hex / RGB
let orange = Color::from_hex("#FF6600").unwrap();
let custom = Color::from_rgb(100, 200, 50);
// TrueColor โ 8-bit โ Standard auto-downgrade
let style = Style::new()
.color(Color::parse("#FF6600").unwrap())
.bgcolor(Color::parse("#1E1E2E").unwrap())
.bold(true)
.italic(true);
```
## ๐ Table with Colspan & Rowspan
```rust
use rusty_rich::{Table, Column, Cell};
let mut table = Table::new().title("User Report");
table.add_column(Column::new("Name"));
table.add_column(Column::new("Details").colspan(2)); // spans 2 columns
table.add_column(Column::new("Role")); // skipped by colspan above
let row = vec![
Cell::new("Alice"),
Cell::new("Engineer").colspan(2),
];
table.add_row(row);
```
## โณ Progress Bars
```rust
use rusty_rich::Progress;
use std::thread;
use std::time::Duration;
let mut progress = Progress::new();
let task_id = progress.add_task("Downloading...", Some(100.0));
for i in 0..=100 {
progress.update(task_id, i as f64);
print!("\r{}", progress.render(80));
thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(20));
}
println!();
// Or use the `track()` convenience with an iterator
let items: Vec<_> = (0..100).collect();
let tracker = progress.track(items, "Processing", None);
for item in tracker {
// process item โ progress auto-advances
}
```
## ๐ Markdown (with tables)
```rust
use rusty_rich::render_markdown;
use rusty_rich::Console;
let md = render_markdown("
# Hello
| Alice | 30 |
| Bob | 25 |
- list item 1
- list item 2
");
let console = Console::new();
console.println(&md);
```
## โจ๏ธ Interactive Prompts
```rust
use rusty_rich::{Prompt, Confirm, IntPrompt, Select};
// String input
let name = Prompt::ask_with("Enter your name").unwrap();
// Password input (masked with *)
let password = Prompt::new("Password").password(true).ask().unwrap();
// Confirmation with default
let ok = Confirm::ask_with("Continue?", true).unwrap();
// Integer with validation
let age = IntPrompt::ask_with("Enter age").unwrap();
// Pick from numbered choices
let choice = Select::new("Pick a color")
.choice("Red", "red")
.choice("Green", "green")
.choice("Blue", "blue")
.ask()
.unwrap();
```
## ๐ Live Display with Writer
```rust
use rusty_rich::{Console, Live, LiveWriter, Panel};
use std::io::Write;
use std::thread;
use std::time::Duration;
let mut live = Live::new(Panel::new("Starting...").title("Status"));
let mut writer = live.create_writer();
live.start().unwrap();
for i in 0..=100 {
// Redirect writes through the live display
writeln!(writer, "Processing item {}...", i).unwrap();
live.update(Panel::new(format!("Progress: {}%", i)).title("Status")).unwrap();
thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
}
live.stop().unwrap();
```
## ๐ด Rich Tracebacks
```rust
use rusty_rich::traceback;
// Install a global panic hook for rich tracebacks
traceback::install();
// Or render manually
let tb = Traceback::from_exception("MyError", "something went wrong", frames)
.show_locals(true)
.max_frames(5)
.suppress(vec!["std::".into(), "core::".into()]);
```
## ๐ Object Inspection
```rust
use rusty_rich::Inspect;
// Inspect any Debug-printable value
let value = vec![1, 2, 3];
let insp = Inspect::new(&value)
.title("my_vec")
.add_attr("len", "usize", "3")
.add_attr("capacity", "usize", "3")
.add_method("push", "fn push(&mut self, value: T)")
.add_method("pop", "fn pop(&mut self) -> Option<T>")
.methods(true);
```
## ๐๏ธ Terminal Control Sequences
```rust
use rusty_rich::control::{Control, control_clear, control_home, control_bell};
// Ring the bell
let bell = Control::bell();
// Clear screen and go home
let clear = Control::clear_home();
// Move cursor and set window title
let setup = Control::cursor_to(1, 1);
let title = Control::title("My App");
// Strip or escape control codes from strings
use rusty_rich::control::{strip_control_codes, escape_control_codes};
let clean = strip_control_codes("hello\x07world"); // "helloworld"
let escaped = escape_control_codes("\x07"); // "\\a"
```
## ๐ Log Record Formatting
```rust
use rusty_rich::LogRender;
let mut renderer = LogRender::new()
.show_time(true)
.show_level(true)
.show_path(true);
// Format a single log record
let record = renderer.render_log(
Some("2024-01-15T10:30:00"),
"ERROR",
"Connection refused",
Some("src/main.rs"),
Some(42),
);
// Or render a batch as a table
let records = vec![
(Some("10:30:00"), "INFO", "Server started", Some("main.rs"), Some(10)),
(Some("10:30:01"), "ERROR", "Connection refused", Some("net.rs"), Some(99)),
];
let table = renderer.render_batch(&records);
```
## ๐ฅ๏ธ Full-Screen Apps
```rust
use rusty_rich::{Console, Screen, Live, Panel};
use std::thread;
use std::time::Duration;
let mut console = Console::new();
let mut screen = console.screen(); // enters alternate screen
screen.enter();
let mut live = Live::new(Panel::new("Loading...").title("Status"));
live.start().unwrap();
for i in 0..=100 {
live.update(Panel::new(format!("Progress: {}%", i)).title("Status")).unwrap();
thread::sleep(Duration::from_millis(50));
}
live.stop().unwrap();
screen.exit(); // restores terminal
```
## ๐จ Box Styles (17 built-in)
| `BOX_ROUNDED` | โญโโฎ โ โ โฐโโฏ |
| `BOX_SQUARE` | โโโ โ โ โโโ |
| `BOX_HEAVY` | โโโ โ โ โโโ |
| `BOX_DOUBLE` | โโโ โ โ โโโ |
| `BOX_DOUBLE_EDGE` | โโโ โ โ โโโ |
| `BOX_HEAVY_EDGE` | โโโ โ โ โโโ |
| `BOX_HEAVY_HEAD` | โโโ โ โ โโโ |
| `BOX_SIMPLE` | borderless with separators |
| `BOX_SIMPLE_HEAVY` | borderless with heavy separators |
| `BOX_MINIMAL` | minimal horizontal rules |
| `BOX_ASCII` | `+--+` ASCII-safe |
| `BOX_ASCII2` | `+--+` alternate ASCII |
| `BOX_MARKDOWN` | pipe-style markdown tables |
| โฆ and 4 more |
## ๐งฉ Segment Utilities
```rust
use rusty_rich::segment::{self, Segment, Segments};
let segs: Segments = vec![
Segment::styled("Hello ", Style::new().bold(true)),
Segment::styled("World", Style::new().bold(true)),
].into();
// Combine adjacent same-styled segments
let simplified = segs.simplify(); // โ one "Hello World" segment
// Split into lines
let lines = segment::split_lines(&segs.segments);
// Strip all styling
let plain = segment::strip_styles(&segs.segments); // โ "Hello World"
// Align vertically
let aligned = segment::align_middle(&lines, 80, 10, None);
```
## ๐ Module Map (48 modules)
```
src/
โโโ lib.rs # Crate root + re-exports (~100 types)
โโโ console.rs # Central rendering engine (148 methods)
โโโ screen.rs # Full-screen / alt-screen / ScreenContext
โโโ color.rs # TrueColor / 256 / Standard (256 names)
โโโ style.rs # 13 attributes + links + metadata + chain/copy
โโโ theme.rs # 170+ named styles + stack-based inheritance
โโโ segment.rs # Segment + control codes + 15+ utility fns
โโโ text.rs # Text with Span styling (99 methods)
โโโ cells.rs # Unicode cell width utilities
โโโ measure.rs # Width measurement protocol
โโโ align.rs # Horizontal + vertical alignment
โโโ ratio.rs # Proportional space distribution
โโโ markup.rs # BBCode-like markup parser
โโโ highlighter.rs # Regex/Repr/ISO8601/JSON/Path highlighters
โ
โโโ panel.rs # Bordered container + .fit()
โโโ table.rs # Tabular data + Row/Cell + sections + .grid()
โโโ tree.rs # Hierarchical tree with guides
โโโ rule.rs # Horizontal divider with title
โโโ padding.rs # CSS-style padding (1โ4 sides)
โโโ columns.rs # Side-by-side column layout
โโโ layout.rs # Split-pane layout + 4 splitter types
โโโ box_drawing.rs # 17 box/border styles
โ
โโโ progress.rs # Multi-task progress + track/wrap_file/open
โโโ progress_columns.rs # 11 progress column types
โโโ spinner.rs # 55 animated spinners + get_spinner()
โโโ status.rs # Animated spinner + message
โโโ live.rs # Auto-updating display + LiveWriter
โ
โโโ syntax.rs # Syntax highlighting (syntect, 100+ langs)
โโโ markdown.rs # Markdown rendering + table + image support
โโโ json.rs # Pretty-printed, syntax-highlighted JSON
โโโ logging.rs # RichHandler for the log crate
โโโ log_render.rs # Standalone LogRender formatter (new in 0.3!)
โโโ prompt.rs # 5 interactive prompt types + Select
โโโ traceback.rs # Rich exception tracebacks + panic hook
โ
โโโ inspect.rs # Object introspection (new in 0.3!)
โโโ control.rs # Terminal control sequences (new in 0.3!)
โโโ pretty.rs # Pretty printing + Node tree traversal
โโโ emoji.rs # 100+ :shortcode: โ Unicode emoji
โโโ pager.rs # System pager ($PAGER / less) + PagerContext
โโโ constrain.rs # Width constraint wrapper
โโโ styled.rs # Pre-styled renderable wrapper
โโโ bar.rs # Horizontal bar chart renderable
โโโ filesize.rs # Human-readable file size + speed formatting
โโโ containers.rs # Lines + Renderables grouping
โโโ palette.rs # Gradient/rainbow/monochrome palettes
โโโ diagnose.rs # Error diagnostics + reporting
โโโ ansi.rs # ANSI escape sequence decoder
โโโ scope.rs # Variable scope rendering
โโโ file_proxy.rs # Auto-refreshing file display
โโโ repr.rs # RichRepr trait + auto/rich_repr
โโโ export.rs # HTML / SVG / text export + 4 themes
```
## ๐ฌ Compared to Python Rich
| Console + markup | โ
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| Text / Span / Style (full API) | โ
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| 256 named colors | โ
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| Table (colspan/rowspan/sections/grid) | โ
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| Panel / Rule / Tree | โ
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| Layout with splitters | โ
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| Progress (11 column types, track/wrap/open) | โ
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| Live / Status | โ
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| Syntax highlighting + lexer guessing | โ
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| Markdown + tables + images | โ
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| JSON / Logging / LogRender | โ
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| Traceback (locals, suppress, panic hook) | โ
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| Screen / Alt-screen | โ
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| Prompts (5 types + Select) | โ
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| Pretty printing + Node tree | โ
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| Object inspection (Inspect) | โ
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(new in 0.3!) |
| Terminal control sequences (Control) | โ
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(new in 0.3!) |
| Emoji + ANSI decoder | โ
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| System pager + PagerContext | โ
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| Palette (gradient/rainbow) | โ
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| Bar chart | โ
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| FileProxy / Scope / Diagnose | โ
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| Constrain / Styled / Containers | โ
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| Repr protocol (RichRepr) | โ
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| Color property accessors | โ
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(new in 0.3!) |
| ISO8601/JSON/Path highlighters | โ
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(new in 0.3!) |
| Filesize.decimal() (SI units) | โ
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(new in 0.3!) |
| Capture / RenderHooks / ThemeContext | โ
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| 55+ Spinners | 80+ | 55 |
| 17 Box styles | 20 | 17 |
| HTML / SVG / Text export | โ
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| 170+ Theme styles | 170+ | 170+ |
| Markdown element tree (extensible) | โ
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| Pygments theme bridge | โ
| โ (uses syntect) |
| Jupyter support | โ
| N/A |
| **Overall parity** | | **~88%** |
## ๐งช Testing
```bash
cargo test # 475 unit tests
cargo test --test battle_test # 103 integration tests
cargo test --test box_table_exhaustive # 150 exhaustive box/table tests
```
All 778 tests passing. The exhaustive test suite covers every box style ร every feature combination (colspan, rowspan, sections, alignment, padding, etc.).
## ๐ License
MIT โ See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
---
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<sub>Inspired by <a href="https://github.com/Textualize/rich">Textualize/rich</a> โ the Python library that makes terminal output beautiful.</sub>
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