clpbar ☆

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Description:
Command-line progress bar

Type: Formula | Latest Version: 1.11.1@0 | Tracked Since: Dec 17, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Developer tools

Tags: cli progress-bar terminal utility developer-tools

Install: brew install clpbar

About:
clpbar is a lightweight command-line utility that renders visual progress bars in terminal applications. It provides a simple API for developers to integrate progress feedback into scripts and tools, supporting customizable bar width, characters, and labels. This helps improve user experience for long-running operations by offering clear visual status updates.

Key Features:

Customizable bar width, fill characters, and labels
Simple C API and command-line interface
Lightweight with no external dependencies
Supports percentage display and ETA calculations

Use Cases:

Adding progress indicators to shell scripts
Providing visual feedback in long-running CLI tools
Monitoring file transfer or compilation progress

Alternatives:

pv – pv is a pipe viewer that monitors data flow through pipelines, while clpbar focuses on general-purpose progress bar rendering
progress – progress shows file operations in progress, whereas clpbar provides a library for custom progress bar implementation

License: GPL-2.0-or-later

Bottles available for: arm64_tahoe, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_ventura, arm64_monterey, arm64_big_sur, sonoma, ventura, monterey, big_sur, catalina, arm64_linux, x86_64_linux

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