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@inquirer/password

Inquirer password prompt

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@inquirer/password

Interactive password input component for command line interfaces. Supports input validation and masked or transparent modes.

Password prompt

Installation

npmyarn
npm install @inquirer/prompts
yarn add @inquirer/prompts
Or
npm install @inquirer/password
yarn add @inquirer/password

Usage

import { password } from '@inquirer/prompts';
// Or
// import password from '@inquirer/password';

const answer = await password({ message: 'Enter your name' });

Options

PropertyTypeRequiredDescription
messagestringyesThe question to ask
maskbooleannoShow a * mask over the input or keep it transparent
validatestring => boolean | string | Promise<boolean | string>noOn submit, validate the filtered answered content. When returning a string, it'll be used as the error message displayed to the user. Note: returning a rejected promise, we'll assume a code error happened and crash.
themeSee ThemingnoCustomize look of the prompt.

Theming

You can theme a prompt by passing a theme object option. The theme object only need to includes the keys you wish to modify, we'll fallback on the defaults for the rest.

type Theme = {
  prefix: string | { idle: string; done: string };
  spinner: {
    interval: number;
    frames: string[];
  };
  style: {
    answer: (text: string) => string;
    message: (text: string, status: 'idle' | 'done' | 'loading') => string;
    error: (text: string) => string;
    help: (text: string) => string;
  };
};

License

Copyright (c) 2023 Simon Boudrias (twitter: @vaxilart)
Licensed under the MIT license.

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Package last updated on 19 Aug 2026

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