chartli turns plain numbers into instant terminal charts
chartli is a lightweight CLI for rendering quick charts directly in the terminal from numeric text data. It supports a useful spread of outputs, including ASCII, sparklines, bars, columns, heatmaps, Unicode, braille, and SVG, making it handy for fast visual sanity checks without leaving the shell.
Hot take: this is the kind of tiny devtool that earns a permanent spot in a toolbox because it removes friction from the most common “just show me the shape of this data” moment.
- –Strong fit for CLI-heavy workflows where a full dashboard is overkill.
- –The SVG mode gives it extra flexibility when a quick terminal view needs to become shareable output.
- –The breadth of renderers makes it more than a novelty, especially for logs, metrics, and ad hoc data inspection.
- –It is not a big platform play, but it is a genuinely useful open-source utility for developers who live in the shell.
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2026-03-21
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2026-03-21
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