cli-color, chalk

[benmccann]

In the short-term, replace with picocolors, kleur, etc.

Maybe starting in April 2025 when Node 18 is EOL consider replacing with styleText

[43081j]

I think it makes sense. We can list all 3 if we don't already (I think there might already be a chalk entry, so we might just need to update)

[Lehoczky]

There was a previous discussion about chalk specifically: #17

I'm still interested to see how yoctocolors fare against other alternatives, as it claims to be the fastest and smallest of the bunch.

Edit: it might also worth considering that styleText has a clunky API compared to non-native alternatives so it might not be that good of a replacement: https://bjornlu.com/blog/im-tired-of-node-builtin-apis#styletext

[43081j]

i'm hesitant to add yoctocolors since it offers no benefit over picocolors and is near enough a copy-paste of the same logic but slower in some cases

it isn't smaller, picocolors is (pc 5KB vs yc 10KB)
it isn't faster, picocolors and ansis are (each in different situations)

if we start adding alternatives that don't have anything to offer over the established ones, we'll just confuse users with too many choices. this needs to stay a well curated list rather than a bucket of "stuff"

styleText does seem in very early stages still. its nice to recommend but we should note that it is far from 'final'