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# <img src="screenshot.png" width="400" alt="boxen">
> Create boxes in the terminal
[](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/boxen)
## Install
```
$ npm install boxen
```
## Usage
```js
const boxen = require('boxen');
console.log(boxen('unicorn', {padding: 1}));
/*
┌─────────────┐
│ │
│ unicorn │
│ │
└─────────────┘
*/
console.log(boxen('unicorn', {padding: 1, margin: 1, borderStyle: 'double'}));
/*
╔═════════════╗
║ ║
║ unicorn ║
║ ║
╚═════════════╝
*/
```
## API
### boxen(input, [options])
#### input
Type: `string`
Text inside the box.
#### options
##### borderColor
Type: `string`<br>
Values: `black` `red` `green` `yellow` `blue` `magenta` `cyan` `white` `gray`
Color of the box border.
##### borderStyle
Type: `string` `object`<br>
Default: `single`<br>
Values:
- `single`
```
┌───┐
│foo│
└───┘
```
- `double`
```
╔═══╗
║foo║
╚═══╝
```
- `round` (`single` sides with round corners)
```
╭───╮
│foo│
╰───╯
```
- `single-double` (`single` on top and bottom, `double` on right and left)
```
╓───╖
║foo║
╙───╜
```
- `double-single` (`double` on top and bottom, `single` on right and left)
```
╒═══╕
│foo│
╘═══╛
```
- `classic`
```
+---+
|foo|
+---+
```
Style of the box border.
Can be any of the above predefined styles or an object with the following keys:
```js
{
topLeft: '+',
topRight: '+',
bottomLeft: '+',
bottomRight: '+',
horizontal: '-',
vertical: '|'
}
```
##### dimBorder
Type: `boolean`<br>
Default: `false`
Reduce opacity of the border.
##### padding
Type: `number` `Object`<br>
Default: `0`
Space between the text and box border.
Accepts a number or an object with any of the `top`, `right`, `bottom`, `left` properties. When a number is specified, the left/right padding is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.
##### margin
Type: `number` `Object`<br>
Default: `0`
Space around the box.
Accepts a number or an object with any of the `top`, `right`, `bottom`, `left` properties. When a number is specified, the left/right margin is 3 times the top/bottom to make it look nice.
##### float
Type: `string`<br>
Values: `right` `center` `left`<br>
Default: `left`
Float the box on the available terminal screen space.
##### backgroundColor
Type: `string`<br>
Values: `black` `red` `green` `yellow` `blue` `magenta` `cyan` `white`
Color of the background.
##### align
Type: `string`<br>
Default: `left`<br>
Values: `left` `center` `right`
Align the text in the box based on the widest line.
## Related
- [boxen-cli](https://github.com/sindresorhus/boxen-cli) - CLI for this module
- [cli-boxes](https://github.com/sindresorhus/cli-boxes) - Boxes for use in the terminal
## License
MIT © [Sindre Sorhus](https://sindresorhus.com)
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