Whirly
A simple, colorful, and customizable terminal spinner library for Ruby with 24 built-in spinners.
What is Whirly?
Whirly is a terminal spinner library for Ruby that creates animated progress indicators in command-line interfaces. It solves the problem of providing visual feedback during long-running tasks, making CLI applications more user-friendly and engaging. The library includes a variety of built-in spinners and supports extensive customization.
Ruby developers building command-line applications, tools, or scripts that require visual progress indicators for operations like data processing, downloads, or system tasks.
Developers choose Whirly for its simplicity, colorful output, and high customizability—offering multiple spinner packs, dynamic status updates, and flexible configuration options with minimal code.
Overview
Colorful Terminal Spinner for Ruby 😀︎
Use Cases
Best For
- Adding progress indicators to Ruby CLI tools
- Enhancing user experience in long-running terminal tasks
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