Box CLI Maker v3.0.0

Box CLI Maker v3 introduces a modern, fluent API and moves to the box-cli-maker organisation!

What's New

Module path: github.com/box-cli-maker/box-cli-maker/v3

Fluent, Chainable API

b := box.NewBox().
    Style(box.Single).
    Padding(2, 1).
    TitlePosition(box.Top).
    ContentAlign(box.Center).
    Color(box.Cyan).
    TitleColor(box.BrightYellow)

fmt.Println(b.MustRender("Box CLI Maker", "Render highly customizable boxes\n in the terminal"))

Key Highlights

• Fluent API - Clean method chaining replaces struct-based configuration
• Type safety - Compile-time constants (box.Single, box.Center) instead of strings
• New Block style - 9 built-in styles including solid block characters
• Better error handling - Render() returns errors, MustRender() panics on error
• Box copying - .Copy() method for creating derived configurations
• Enhanced colors - Support for ANSI names, #RGB, #RRGGBB, and XParseColor formats
• Custom glyphs - Individual setters for each border element
• Active maintenance - Ongoing development under new organization

Breaking Changes

This is a major version with breaking changes from v2:

See the Migration Guide for complete upgrade instructions.

Installation

go get github.com/box-cli-maker/box-cli-maker/v3

Resources

• Migration Guide - Step-by-step upgrade instructions
• API Documentation
• Examples - Sample code for all features and usages

Acknowledgements

This release wouldn't have been possible without @meowgorithm, @nedpals, @dipankardas011, @Taz03 and @Gaurav-Gosain's help and guidance