@ripl/node

The Node.js entry point for Ripl: renders scenes and charts to a terminal with no browser and no DOM emulation.

Features

• Platform bindings on import — importing the package registers frame scheduling, performance.now, a device pixel ratio of 1, default drawing state, text measurement and element stubs, so @ripl/core runs off-browser without a DOM shim.
• Re-exports @ripl/core and @ripl/terminal — one import gives you the elements, scene, renderer and the terminal context together.
• createTerminalOutput() — a process.stdout-backed TerminalOutput. Resize subscribers are multiplexed behind a single SIGWINCH handler, so ten scenes do not trip Node's MaxListenersExceededWarning.
• Terminal-accurate text metrics — measurement matches what the terminal actually paints (one braille cell per character, scaled by the requested font size), so a box does not jump between the first layout pass and the first frame.
• Unref'd frame timer — the render loop never keeps an otherwise-idle process alive.
• Charts included — @ripl/charts draws through the same Context, so every chart type works from a script.

Installation

# npm
npm install @ripl/node

# yarn
yarn add @ripl/node

# pnpm
pnpm add @ripl/node

@ripl/core and @ripl/terminal arrive as dependencies and are re-exported, so this is the only package a terminal project installs. Add @ripl/charts for charts.

Quick start

import {
    createCircle,
    createContext,
    createTerminalOutput,
} from '@ripl/node';

const context = createContext(createTerminalOutput(), {
    logicalWidth: 800,
    logicalHeight: 600,
});

createCircle({
    stroke: '#38bdf8',
    lineWidth: 3,
    cx: 400,
    cy: 300,
    radius: 150,
}).render(context);

Key API

Export	What it does
createTerminalOutput	A TerminalOutput backed by process.stdout
createContext	The terminal context, re-exported from @ripl/terminal
createScene / createRenderer	The scene graph and render loop, re-exported from @ripl/core

Related packages

• @ripl/terminal — the braille/ANSI rendering context itself
• @ripl/core — the elements, scene graph and animation
• @ripl/charts — 25 chart types, renderable from a Node script

Documentation

Guides and the full API reference are at ripl.run/docs/core/contexts/node.

License

MIT