chalk vs picocolors
Estimated humans, week by week
- chalk
- picocolors
- npm downloads (same color, dashed)
The 12-month chart is drawn in the browser from the npm API.
chalk vs picocolors: which is more popular?
| package | npm / week | humans / week | inflation | confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chalk | 630,585,985 | 629,965,097–630,585,985 | less than 1% | high |
| picocolors | 321,539,741 | 321,503,447–321,539,741 | less than 1% | high |
Snapshot from the daily build of Nov 3, 2026, last 7 days of npm data. With JavaScript on, this page recomputes it live with a 12-month chart.
By estimated real human installs, chalk is ahead of picocolors by about 2.0×: about 630,553,750 vs 321,539,312 a week. npm's raw counts are 630,585,985 for chalk and 321,539,741 for picocolors, which include mirrors, scanners and crawlers.
How the estimate works
- Cut the spike every new version gets from mirrors in its first days.
- Subtract the flat floor robots download from every version each week.
- Show what is left as a range, with an honest confidence level.