progressbar by schollz
A really basic thread-safe progress bar for Golang applications
About progressbar
From the project's README at github.com/schollz/progressbar. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.
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A very simple thread-safe progress bar which should work on every OS without problems. I needed a progressbar for croc and everything I tried had problems, so I made another one. In order to be OS agnostic I do not plan to support multi-line outputs. Install Usage Basic usage
The implements an so it can automatically detect the number of bytes written to a stream, so you can use it as a progressbar for an .
```golang req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://dl.google.com/go/go1.14.2.src.tar.gz
Health score breakdown
6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.
Adoption signals
Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.
| Signal | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 4.7k | github.com/schollz/progressbar |
| GitHub forks | 250 | github.com/schollz/progressbar |
Release & maintenance
Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.
| Project age | 8.5 years | since Oct 2017 |
| Last commit | 4 months ago | Jan 21, 2026 |
| Releases shipped | 80 | last: 4 months ago |
| Funding links | 1 | declared by maintainers |
Self-hosting cost across providers
Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.
| Provider | Plan | Specs | Monthly | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| hetzner | CAX11 | 2c · 4GB · 40GB | $4.13 USD | Deploy → |
| vultr | VC2 | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5 USD | Deploy → |
| linode | Nanode 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $5.12 USD | Deploy → |
| digitalocean | Basic Regular 1GB | 1c · 1GB · 25GB | $6 USD | Deploy → |
What people say on Hacker News
- Zero-token progress bar for Claude Code that tracks actual task completion
- Show HN: Frontend-VisualQA — give coding agents eyes to verify their own UI work
- chugchug: A modern, dependency-free progress bar for Python
- I Made a Desk Clock That Shows Your Day as a Progress Bar
- Show HN: Spectator – A programming language for Cybersecurity and Hacking
Ready to self-host progressbar?
Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.
Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.
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