# boxen [](https://travis-ci.org/sindresorhus/boxen)
> Create boxes in the terminal
## 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(text, options?)
#### text
Type: `string`
Text inside the box.
#### options
Type: `object`
##### borderColor
Type: `string`\
Values: `'black'` `'red'` `'green'` `'yellow'` `'blue'` `'magenta'` `'cyan'` `'white'` `'gray'` or a hex value like `'#ff0000'`
Color of the box border.
##### borderStyle
Type: `string | object`\
Default: `'single'`\
Values:
- `'single'`
```
┌───┐
│foo│
└───┘
```
- `'double'`
```
╔═══╗
║foo║
╚═══╝
```
- `'round'` (`'single'` sides with round corners)
```
╭───╮
│foo│
╰───╯
```
- `'bold'`
```
┏━━━┓
┃foo┃
┗━━━┛
```
- `'singleDouble'` (`'single'` on top and bottom, `'double'` on right and left)
```
╓───╖
║foo║
╙───╜
```
- `'doubleSingle'` (`'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`\
Default: `false`
Reduce opacity of the border.
##### padding
Type: `number | object`\
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`\
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`\
Default: `'left'`\
Values: `'right'` `'center'` `'left'`
Float the box on the available terminal screen space.
##### backgroundColor
Type: `string`\
Values: `'black'` `'red'` `'green'` `'yellow'` `'blue'` `'magenta'` `'cyan'` `'white'` `'gray'` or a hex value like `'#ff0000'`
Color of the background.
##### align
Type: `string`\
Default: `'left'`\
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
- [ink-box](https://github.com/sindresorhus/ink-box) - Box component for Ink that uses this package
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