# picocolors changelog

> The tiniest terminal-colour library for Node.js.

- Vendor: Alexey Raspopov
- Category: Frameworks & Libraries
- Official site: https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors
- Tracked by: What's New (https://whatsnew.fyi/product/picocolors)
- Harvested from: GitHub (alexeyraspopov/picocolors)
- Entries below: 7 (newest first)

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## Releases

### v1.1.1 — picocolors 1.1.1

- Date: 2024-10-16
- Version: v1.1.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/releases/tag/v1.1.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/picocolors/releases/v1.1.1

- **changed** — Moved TypeScript declarations to a d.ts file
- **fixed** — Reworked color detection algorithm to properly work with empty strings in NO_COLOR and FORCE_COLOR env variables
- **changed** — Eliminated require() call to make the package compatible with some tools

##### What's new?

- Moved TypeScript declarations to a `d.ts` file [#82](https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/82)
- Reworked color detection algorithm to properly work with empty strings in `NO_COLOR` and `FORCE_COLOR` env variables [#87](https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/87)
- Eliminated `require()` call to make the package compatible with some tools [#87](https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/87)

### v1.1.0 — picocolors 1.1.0

- Date: 2024-09-02
- Version: v1.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/releases/tag/v1.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/picocolors/releases/v1.1.0

- **added** — Bright color variants

##### What's new?

- Added bright color variants [#55](https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/55)

### v1.0.1 — picocolors 1.0.1

- Date: 2024-05-14
- Version: v1.0.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/releases/tag/v1.0.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/picocolors/releases/v1.0.1

- **fixed** — Color detection mechanism now works properly on Vercel Edge Runtime
- **changed** — Remove use of recursion to avoid possible stack overflow for very long inputs

##### What's new?

- Updated color detection mechanism to work properly on Vercel Edge Runtime https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/64
- Remove use of recursion to avoid possible stack overflow for very long inputs https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/56

### v1.0.0 — picocolors v1.0.0

- Date: 2021-10-13
- Version: v1.0.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/releases/tag/v1.0.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/picocolors/releases/v1.0.0

- **removed** — Several code elements to reduce the package size
- **fixed** — Optional flag for createColors() in TypeScript typings

##### What's new?

- Removed several code elements to reduce the package size https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/31
- Fixed optional flag for `createColors()` in TypeScript typings https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/34

### v0.2.1 — picocolors v0.2.1

- Date: 2021-10-04
- Version: v0.2.1
- Original notes: https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/releases/tag/v0.2.1
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/picocolors/releases/v0.2.1

- **removed** — Remove semicolons to reduce the package size
- **fixed** — Fix type definitions
- **changed** — Make createColors() use isColorSupported if no flag was provided

##### What's new?

- Removed semicolons to reduce the package size https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/28
- Fixed type definitions https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/29
- Made `createColors()` use `isColorSupported` if no flag was provided https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/commit/aaf57e14b250112c6ad4fbeff08ad78cafc6c887

### v0.2.0 — picocolors v0.2.0

- Date: 2021-10-04
- Version: v0.2.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/releases/tag/v0.2.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/picocolors/releases/v0.2.0

- **removed** — Removed ESM Module to fix compatibility issues and reduce package size
- **added** — Added support for non-string inputs

##### What's new?

- Removed ESM Module to fix the rest of compatibility issues and reduce package size https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/26
- Added support for non-string inputs https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/commit/3276400d5046c93ae56648e3db137a20b1f420b4

### v0.1.0 — picocolors v0.1.0

- Date: 2021-09-27
- Version: v0.1.0
- Original notes: https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/releases/tag/v0.1.0
- Permalink: https://whatsnew.fyi/product/picocolors/releases/v0.1.0

- **added** — CommonJS support
- **added** — Node.js 6+ support
- **added** — Browsers support

##### What's new?

 - CommonJS support https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/7
 - Node.js 6+ support https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/8
 - Browsers support https://github.com/alexeyraspopov/picocolors/pull/10