is-unicode-supported 1.0.0

Detect whether the terminal supports advanced Unicode.

> is-unicode-supported

Detect whether the terminal supports advanced Unicode.

Checks if terminal supports advanced Unicode (CJK, emoji, etc.) by measuring the cursor position of a single, wide char (𠀀). On Windows, returns False for legacy consoles (CMD). On all other modern terminals, returns True if the wide char renders as 2 columns.

⚡ Installation

pip install is-unicode-supported

💻 Command line usage

$ is-unicode-supported  # or isunicodesupported

True

CLI options:

Option	Description
-h, --help	Show help screen
-v, --version	Show version
--docs	Open docs URL

🔌 API usage

import is_unicode_supported

if is_unicode_supported():
    print('Advanced Unicode supported!')
else:
    print('Advanced Unicode not supported!')

Note: Most type checkers will falsely warn is_unicode_supported is not a callable module because they are incapable of analyzing runtime behavior (where the module is replaced w/ a function for cleaner, direct access). You can safely suppress such warnings using # type: ignore.

MIT License

Copyright © 2026 Adam Lui.

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