framed-text 2026.4.2

Utility for creating framed text in the terminal

framed_text

framed_text is a Python library for creating framed text with customizable frames and colors.

Full documentation can be found on ReadTheDocs

Features

• Display text output surrounded by a frame
• Customize the frame with different colors
• Optional title that can be colored and styled
• Status: Print text with a status icon preceeding it
• LabeledData: A string that consists of a label with different types of data following it
  • Both LabeledData and Status objects can be customized
• A version of framed text, but just for a title (or divider)

Installation

framed_text can be installed from PyPI using pip:

pip install framed-text

Then import the necessary modules:

# Main classes. See documentation for more details
from framed_text import FramedText, FramedHeader, LabeledData, Status

Additionally, the following objects are available to be imported:

• framed_text.AnyLabeledData
• framed_text.AnyStatus
• framed_text.InvalidColorError
• framed_text.BaseStatus

Quickstart

The Quick-Start Guide can be found on ReadTheDocs

Credits

Thank you to the following:

• termcolor: Most of the coloring is done by this package. Huge thanks to the devs for this amazing package!
• Sphinx: Used for building the documentation.
• ReadTheDocs: Used for hosting the documentation.

License

Copyright (C) 2026  AstroLightz

This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.