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chalk
Terminal string styling done right
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Release cadenceEvery 2 months
Last releaseSep 27, 2026
Open advisories0
Changelog quality79% curated
GitHub Releases, gaps for some releases
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Breaking changes and a migration checklist for each major versionchalk 5 → 65.6.2 → 6.0.1Sep 27, 2026 BreakingPlatform1New1Changed1Fixed3chalk 4 → 54.1.2 → 5.6.2Sep 8, 2025 BreakingBreaking4Security1Platform1New3Changed10Fixed5Other1chalk 3 → 43.0.0 → 4.1.2Jul 30, 2021 BreakingBreaking1Platform1New1Fixed1Other2chalk 2 → 32.4.2 → 3.0.0Nov 9, 2019 BreakingBreaking7Platform1New7Changed5Fixed7chalk 1 → 21.1.3 → 2.4.2Jan 5, 2019 BreakingBreaking4Platform1New7Changed1Fixed7Other1chalk 0.5 → 10.5.1 → 1.1.3Mar 29, 2016 BreakingBreaking1New3Changed3Fixed2Other2chalk 0.4 → 0.50.4.0 → 0.5.1Jul 9, 2014 Review neededNew3Changed2Fixed1Other1chalk 0.3 → 0.40.3.0 → 0.4.0Dec 13, 2013 Unknownchalk 0.2 → 0.30.2.1 → 0.3.0Oct 19, 2013 Unknownchalk 0.1 → 0.20.1.1 → 0.2.1Aug 29, 2013 Unknown
VersionChannelDateChangesSecurity
6.0.1 StableSep 27, 2026Fixed16.0.0 StableJul 26, 2026Platform1New1Changed1Fixed25.6.2 youStableSep 8, 2025Security15.6.0 StableAug 17, 2025Changed15.5.0 StableAug 3, 2025Changed15.4.1 StableDec 21, 2024Fixed15.4.0 StableDec 18, 2024Changed15.3.0 StableJun 29, 2023New1Changed15.2.0 StableDec 8, 2022Changed2Fixed1Other15.1.2 StableOct 12, 2022Fixed15.1.1 StableOct 12, 2022Changed25.1.0 StableOct 5, 2022New15.0.1 StableMar 8, 2022Fixed15.0.0 StableNov 26, 2021Breaking4Platform1New1Changed2Fixed14.1.2 StableJul 30, 2021Other14.1.1 StableApr 21, 2021Other14.1.0 StableJun 9, 2020New14.0.0 StableApr 2, 2020Breaking1Platform1Fixed13.0.0 StableNov 9, 2019Breaking7Platform1New6Changed5Fixed63.0.0-beta.2 BetaOct 8, 2019Fixed1