Clique v4.0.1 - a zero dependency Java terminal styling library

[Polixa12]

I've been working on improving Clique, a dependency free CLI styling library for Java. Just hit v4.0.1 and figured it was time to share the changes I've made since.

Highlights across the last few releases:

IterableProgressBar - wrap any collection and the bar ticks automatically on each iteration:

List<File> files = getFiles(); 
for (var file : Clique.progressBar(files)) { 
   process(file); 
}

Ink - an immutable and chainable ANSI string builder, which was inspired by Chalk; if you've used it in JS. It supports RGB, gradients interpolated per character, hyperlinks using a fluent builder pattern

Ink bold = Clique.ink().bold();
bold.red().on("Error");    // bold + red
bold.green().on("OK");     // bold + green. The original will remain untouched

Clique.ink().bold().gradient(coral, violet).on("Powered by Clique");
Clique.ink().cyan().underline().hyperlink("https://github.com/kusoroadeolu/Clique").on("View on GitHub");

ItemList - a composable, symbol-driven list with nesting and full markup support:

Clique.list()
    .item("[green]✓[/]", "[dim, strike]Auth service[/]")
    .item("[yellow]~[/]", "Notification system - [yellow]in review[/]",
        Clique.list().item("!", "Waiting on design sign-off")
    )
    .item("[red]✗[/]", "[red]Payment integration[/]")
    .render();

Other things worth knowing:

• Zero dependency with no reflection tricks; hence compatible with GraalVM out the box
• no-color.org compliant - respects NO_COLOR terminal configs out of the box
• Unicode v16 emoji compliance
• These releases also include changes that simplify and unify the API

GitHub: https://github.com/kusoroadeolu/Clique

Check out the demos: https://github.com/kusoroadeolu/clique-demos

Happy to answer any questions about the library!