Clean Terminal Webpack Plugin

Cleans your terminal output during development to only show the latest build information.

Install

Via npm:

npm i -D clean-terminal-webpack-plugin

Usage

Via webpack config file:

// webpack.config.js

const CleanTerminalPlugin = require('clean-terminal-webpack-plugin');

module.exports = {
  plugins: [new CleanTerminalPlugin()]
};

API

The plugin accepts an options Object:

Key	Type	Required	Default	Description
message	String	no	undefined	Message to be printed
onlyInWatchMode	Boolean	no	true	Only clear the screen if webpack is in watch mode
skipFirstRun	Boolean	no	false	Don't clear the screen on first webpack run
beforeCompile	Boolean	no	false	Clear screen before compiling instead of after (v3 and above)

Example

// webpack.config.js

const CleanTerminalPlugin = require('clean-terminal-webpack-plugin');

const HOST = 'localhost';
const PORT = 8888;

module.exports = {
  plugins: [
    new CleanTerminalPlugin({
      message: `dev server running on http://${HOST}:${PORT}`,
      onlyInWatchMode: false
    })
  ]
};

Development

Lint source code with:

npm run lint

Lint and format (prettier) source code with:

npm run lint:format

Contributing

Please read the Contributing Guidelines first.