CPPConsole is a header-only library for C++ projects that adds features to the console to make logging easier, like getting dimensions, coloring text, etc.

To use CPPConsole in your project, copy all the file located in the include/ directory into your own personal include/ folder.

After that, you can add #include "cppconsole.hpp" to your file to include all CPPConsole functions, or include each file individually.

Add this code to your CMakeLists.txt:

include(FetchContent)

FetchContent_Declare(cppconsole
    GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/Villy-P/CPPConsole.git
    GIT_TAG        main # consider pinning to a release tag or commit SHA for reproducible builds
)
FetchContent_MakeAvailable(cppconsole)

target_link_libraries(your_target PRIVATE cppconsole::cppconsole)

Replace your_target with the name of your executable or library. All CPPConsole headers will now be available to it.

• ANSI Escape Code support
• Cross-platform support for Windows and Linux for most functions
• Colorizing text using RGB values
• Moving the Console cursor
• Getting Console Dimensions
• Clearing parts of the Console
• Manipulating text graphics, like making text bold/italic
• Printing data structures, like vectors and maps

std::vector<std::string> vec = {"a", "b", "c", "d", "e"};
vec[0] = console::colorize(vec[0], 255, 255, 0);
console::println(vec);

console::set({console::Graphics::BOLD, console::Graphics::ITALIC});
console::Dimensions dim = console::getDimensions();
for (int i = 0; i < 256; ++i) {
    if (i % (dim.width / 4) == 0)
        console::println();
    console::print(console::colorize(std::string(3 - std::to_string(i).length(), ' ') + std::to_string(i), i) + " ");
}

console::print and console::println are the main function that are used for printing. These work with any data structure, from primitives to vectors and maps.

console::printAll and console::printlnAll take an infinite amount of arguments, seperating them by spaces

console::colorize takes a string and then a color, changing the color of the text

console::set takes a list of graphics modes, and sets them all (like BOLD and ITALIC)

console::clearGraphics clears all previous graphics modes.

More function can be found throughout the files.

If you'd like to contribute to CPPConsole, or would like to report an issue, please read the Contributing Guidelines

CPPConsole is licensed under the MIT License

CPPConsole's changlog, which includes previous changes and upcoming changes, can be found in CHANGELOG.md